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On Immersion In The Situation Between Akira Kurosawa's Text And Its Culture

Posted on:2011-01-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360302497482Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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As the milestone person of Japanese film the first director who gains Academy Honorary Award in Asia, Akira Kurosawa play the key role in the filmdom. His filmize of Shakespeare's drama has won unanimous praise by the overseas moviedom, it has been deemed to the most success by his fellow. Whereas, Akira Kurosawa in the international community received reputation, but in Japan domestic was snubbed. This article will analysis the two Shakespeare dramas which Akira Kurosawa filmized, expound his using for reference and exercise of naive culture in intercultural filmized, simultaneity, analyze the reason for his snub in the homeland from nationality psychology.This article will introduce the idea of Akira Kurosawa in the first part, summarize the influence to him by bushido culture, and outline the adapt of Shakespeare's drama in general. The second part discuss the two dramas filmized by Akira Kurosawa. Analyze the rewrite of film scenario from angle of Character set,plot adaptation. From original work filmized to the movie, dramatis personae and scene of original work has been replaced to the war epoch of Japan by Akira Kurosawa. The third part analyze nationality culture in Akira Kurosawa's films. First of all, summarize the difference of epoch backdrop between the drama and the film. Afterward introduce the Japanese traditional culture which embodiment in Akira Kurosawa's films, such as noh dran,composition and blank of a picture. Lastly, analyze Buddhism in the films. The fourth part analyze incepting phenomenon in intercultural filmized by the difference of film's accepting. Japanese national psychology cause the people's embarrassed attitude to the film. People feel ashamed to the reality of Japan which Akira Kurosawa revealed. Finally it is to reflect on adapt of cross-arts categories and intercultural.Akira Kurosawa hopes to represent the Japanese reality from past to now, let people of the world understand Japan through the movie. This overseas hot and homeland cold situation is the crevice phenomenon when non-western film been accepted by the west. Why Akira Kurosawa can't get agree by the Japanese is for his movies against to Japanese national psychology. He show the true reality of Japan showed to the western society, it made the Japanese feel ashamedso that they can't accept Akira Kurosawa's films.
Keywords/Search Tags:Akira Kurosawa, filmize, intercultural, national psychology
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