Transcendence and Spirituality in Japanese Cinema - Framing Sacred Spaces

This book explores significant representations of Shinto and Buddhist sacred space, spiritual symbols, and religious concepts that are embedded in the secular framework of Japanese films aimed at general audiences in Japan and globally.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Transcendent Japan: Japanese Cinema, Sacred Space, and Gateways to Transcendence
2. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away: Pilgrimage as Homecoming and Seeing Anew
3. Makoto Shinkai’s your name: Celestial Destiny and Transcendent Love in the Space-Time of Disaster
4. Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and Ran: Downward Transcendence and Nō Boundaries in a Wicked World
5. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life and I Wish: Creating Space for Everyday Transcendence
Concluding Science-Fiction Postscript: Cinema as 間

About the author

Melissa Croteau is Professor of Film Studies and Literature and Director of the Film Program at California Baptist University, United States.

Summary

This book explores significant representations of Shinto and Buddhist sacred space, spiritual symbols, and religious concepts that are embedded in the secular framework of Japanese films aimed at general audiences in Japan and globally.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Croteau, Melissa M. Croteau, Croteau Melissa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2022
• EAN: 9780367226282
• ISBN: 978-0-367-22628-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Japan, Media Studies, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Spirituality, ART / Film & Video, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Religion: general, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism