Japanese Film and Culture - INTRODUCTION


The “Japanese Film and Culture“ course comprises about 10 sessions (movie screenings). and the
final exam will be have the form of a written A-B-C-choice style test.

               Each session will comprise two parts: a short introductory lecture regarding the
topic of the film and about the film itself, followed by the screening of the film or providing you
with a link to it. The information/lecture about the film, together with having watched the film,
is all you will need for your exam.

               Please keep in mind that each session will be a bit different because there are
several of us lecturers of the Japanese Department participating in this course. We are preparing
about ten movie screenings for you, covering topics like:

Historical Japan

Fantasy Drama

Urban-rural Japan

Japan and the atomic age

Technology in Japan

Mingling of Japan´s and western popular culture

Prostitution in Japan – its past and present.


Have a great start of the semester!


Ivan Rumánek