A Study on the Screening of Asian Films and the Activities of Asian Filmmakers in Western Countries during the Silent Film Era

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: HAN YANLI 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (10537096)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 映画史 / アジア映画人 / 欧米諸国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study, reflecting on the fact that conventional film history research has been too nationalistic, focuses on various examples of film history, such as cultural fusion or friction in the transmission of film works, the activities of filmmakers across different cultures, and the state of film production in ethnic networks that transcend national borders, I have attempted to reconstruct film history from the following two perspectives.
1. research and analyze the screening of Asian films and the activities of Asian filmmakers in Western countries during the silent film era.2. survey and analyze the actual situation of the reception of Asian films in Western countries, which has not been sufficiently investigated until now.

Free Research Field

映画史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

無声映画期の欧米諸国におけるアジア映画の上映と受容の実態に関する研究は充分とはいえない。従来の国別の映画史研究では看過されてきた無声映画期の史実を、地域横断的な視点で体系的に論じることが、本研究の学術的意義である。
異民族に向けて自らの「正しい」表象を構築しようとするアジア映画人の努力、そしてアジアからの文化的発信は欧米諸国にいかに受容されたかを解明することによって、移動の時代である今日における異なる人種または国民の間の文化的摩擦を最小限にし、相互認識・相互理解の可能性を探求することが、本研究の社会的な意義である。