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- Title
Reconfiguring the Japanese Melodrama: Crying and Return in Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World.
- Authors
Lai, Amy
- Abstract
The article presents a film criticism of the 2004 Japanese film "Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World" ("Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebii") by Japanese director Isao Yukisada. The criticism focuses on the concept of junai, or pure love, and how junai impacts Japanese men every decade. Topics discussed include the plot of the film, the use of melodrama in Japanese film, and the use of crying and magic as motifs in the film.
- Subjects
JAPAN; CRYING out Love, in the Center of the World (Film); YUKISADA, Isao; JAPANESE films; LOVE in motion pictures; MELODRAMA in motion pictures; CRYING; MAGIC in motion pictures; MEN
- Publication
Film Criticism, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 2, p20
- ISSN
0163-5069
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism