...the end of the war that saw the defeat of Japan by America and her allies. The destruction that Japan faced with the twin bombings had left the country shaken to the roots and the young men and women wanted to find something useful to keep them busy. They found the cinema. With the advancement in technology, film directors such as Akira Kurosawa took the center stage with films that tried to teach people about harmony and restoration. Most of the films in the golden age focused on the need to prevent war and bring people together as one unique society through the preaching of peaceful coexistence. This research, therefore, focuses on the Seven Samurai film that was directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1953. Through the film, we hope to understand the concepts of the golden age of Japanese Cinema, as well as its characteristics (Tezuka 47). Seven Samurai is a war film that depicts the struggle that human beings go through in search for freedom and emancipation. It also reveals the post war effects on the society and tries to persuade people to coexist peacefully without causing chaos (Fischer 1-65). The film directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Sojiro Motoki, stars Toshiro Mifume, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and several other individuals who had a vision to produce one of the best action films ever. The story takes place in 1587 when Japan is full of warring communities. A mountain farming village gets attacked by a group of marauding bandits whose aim is to enrich by impoverishing...
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...“Penn was the first American filmmaker to conjoin multicamera filming, montage editing and slow motion systematically in the visualization of screen violence.” Though Penn was the first American filmmaker to use such a technique to depict violence, he was greatly influenced by Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai. Bonnie and Clyde, was to American cinema as The Seven Samurai, was to Arthur Penn. The intercutting of shots and the slow/normal motion effects through a montage sequence was mastered by Kurosawa and used my many filmmakers after that. The usage of this technique shows the passage of time and creates a more moving and intense scene. The acceleration and deceleration of the death sequence makes the audience tremble and uncomfortable. Without the use this montage sequence, the death scene would be like any other “boring” and “mediocre” death. Many cinematic and theme similarities can be drawn from rescuing scene from The Seven Samurai, and the death scene from Bonnie and Clyde. The Seven Samurai is about a poor town that is held hostage by bandits, and is liberated by seven samurais. The shot, which uses such techniques, can be seen in the sequence where one of the samurai rescues a kidnapped child from a thief. Kurosawa intercut shots at normal speed with slow-motion sequences to change the rhythmic balance of the film. The entire footage consisted of three slow motion shots of the thieves along with reactions of the witnesses in normal speed. In Bonnie and Clyde,...
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...It really struck me how good the story of the Seven Samurai is, and also how universal its appeal is to many cultures. The theme of putting yourself second and helping those that need to be helped transcends into many cultures. So much so that the remake of The Magnificent Seven was revamped towards a Western culture audience. Even Stephen King paid tribute to Akira Kurosawa in a prologue to his up coming book, Part V in the Dark Tower series. In Stephen King's book a small farming community is plagued by a group they call "wolves" that come and steal their children. Like in Seven Samurai one farmer convinces the rest to fight, and they hire a wondering group of Gunslingers to help them. Not only is the plot-line the same, but in Seven Samurai...
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...he collaborated with on numerous films. The film Rashomon introduced western audiences to Kurosawa’s work. Kurosawa’s acclaim and influence started to fade later in life. However his influence on film, critical acclaim, international recognition, successes, and collaborations are topics which are often discussed and debated. Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa is arguably the most influential and innovate filmmaker in the history of cinema with a career that spanned nearly six decades. His contributions to the Japanese film industry and film in general are more than apparent. Not the only Japanese cinematic giant, but undoubtedly the most famous and revered in the West, Kurosawa has made exemplary films of various genres: historical, Samurai, and contemporary (Cohen-Shalev, 2008). Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in the 1930s with the film Sanshiro Sugata. Kurosawa's maiden directorial effort, Sanshiro Sugata, was panned for being too "British-American"(Maxfield, 1993) and he did not see his first real...
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...l The History of the Japanese Samurai and Sword Brandon Stepka SOCI306 The history of the Japanese samurai and sword has always been an interesting topic to me. I will not only be discussing the correlations between the two, but also the evolution of each. Along with that, I will be expanding upon how the Japanese sword was created, how it became popular, and lastly, how it is link to Japanese culture. I would now like to start by giving you a background of the Japanese samurai. The Japanese warrior, also known as the samurai, appeared during the Heian Period (794-1185). They initially started out as warriors and protectors for wealthy landowners. This is partially where the name ‘samurai’ came about, meaning “those who serve”. The samurai truly began to grow during the Kamakura period, where the “establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate, a hereditary military dictatorship, shifted all real political power in Japan to the samurai.” This power was forged by leader Minamoto Yoritomo, who pushed vigorously to establish a high social status for the samurai. Without the acknowledgement of Yoritomo, you would not be considered a samurai; he had the final say. Now that I have given you some basic history of the samurai, I would like to give you some interesting facts that I found to be very cool. First, the Japanese samurai’s would burn incense into their helmets before battle, because of the possibility their heads would be cut off it would not smell. This...
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...World Society in Literature and Film-Japan Asian Studies 0868 Temple University Fall Semester 2015 Dr. P.B. Reagan Class meets Tuesday and Thursday 9:30.A.M.-10:50 P.M. in Ritter Hall 107 Office: 830 Anderson Hall Office Hours: TR 11:00-1:50 P.M. and by appointment E-mail: paul.reagan@temple.edu Course Description and Objective “Learn about a particular national culture-Japanese-by taking a guided tour of its literature and film. Knowledge of Japanese language is not required to take this course. The student will gain the fresh, subtle understanding that comes from integrating across different forms of human expression. Some of the issues that will be illuminated by looking at culture through the lens of literature and film: family structures and how they are changing, national self-perceptions, pivotal moments in history,, economic issues,, social change and diversity…” NOTE: This course fulfills the World Society (GG)requirement for students under GenEd and International Studies (IS)for students under Core. Attributes: Gen ED Global World Society GenEd World Society courses explore societies and cultures outside the United States. These courses take one of two approaches. Some concentrate on a single nation or region, examining in depth its political, social, historical, cultural, artistic, literary, geographic, and economic landscape. Another approach is to investigate globalization and its effects across nations and regions. Goals and Expected...
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...JAPAN’S CULTURE JAPAN’S CULTURE History Japan has a very colorful history filled with rulers such as samurai warriors and emperor kings. The samurai warrior ruled Japan in the twelfth century and was a distinctive social class. The samurai tradition was mainly about war. The samurai tradition consisted of singling out a worthy opponent for a challenge. They would wait until enemy lines were broken and then enter into single combat. People began to develop battlefields to fight and would have battles several times to establish territory. (Clode, 2011) This was the beginning of the fighting and war that continued in Japan for centuries to come. Throughout Japan’s history it saw the rise and fall of many emperors that ruled the country. Through most of the history of Japan they had a policy that their borders were locked to the outside world and they did not allow foreigners in their country. This same policy applied to the Japanese people and they were not allowed to leave the country. The early emperors in Japan ruled the country by engaging in wars and the country was primarily run as an imperial and military rule. (Facts About Japan, 2013) After many years of declaring war on countries in nineteen thirty seven Japan declared war on China. This war led to the nineteen forty two attack that Japan launched in the United States on Pearl Harbor. After almost eight years of war atomic bombs were dropped on Japan bringing this war to an end. After Japan surrendered...
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...References Damanpour, F. (1998). The impact of culture on management: A comparison of Japanese versus United States management. Advances in competitiveness Research , 6 (1), 39-57. Faramarz Damanpour is a Professor of Finance and International Business at James Madison University. He is an author of several business articles and has been featured in many business journals. His main purpose of this article is to get the reader to understand the differences between the cultures, decision-making, and employment strategies of Japan and the United States. This topic is suitable for my research paper because it helps me answer the first research question, which deals with the elements and dimensions of culture of Japan. Fukuda, J. (1992). The internationalization of Japanese business: different approaches, similar problems. The International Executive , 34 (1), 27-41. John Fukuda is a professor in the department of the International Business at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has written peer reviewed articles for the International Executive. His main purpose for this article is to get the reader to understand the Japanese's approach to business versus the other countries. This article is suitable for my research paper because it helps me to answer question numbers 1 and 2 of the Business cultural analysis. Fukukawa, K., & Teramoto, Y. (2008). Understanding Japanese CSR: the reflections of managers in the field of global operations. Journal...
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...of academic fraud.” Find out what plagiarism is and how to avoid it at http://plagiarism.dal.ca. REFERENCES Remember: APA requires double-spacing between ALL text lines – that includes references. Please note that, in an attempt to save space, this document has been formatted in single spacing. Books one author: Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books. Cargill, O., Charvat, W., & Walsh, D. D. (1966). The publication of academic writing. New York: Modern Language Association. Cooper, L., Eagle, K., Howe, L., Robertson, A., Taylor, D., Reims, H., . . . Smith, W. A. (1982). How to stay younger while growing older: Aging for all ages. London: Macmillan. two to seven authors: more than seven authors: no author given:...
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...Hill 7e End of Part Case Notes Part One: Globalization There are no Part One cases. Part Two: National Differences in Political Economy; Differences in Culture; Ethics in International Business Nike: The Sweatshop Debate 1. Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own, but where subcontractors make products for Nike? Answer: Most students will probably agree that Nike should be held responsible for the working conditions in foreign factories where subcontractors make products the company sells. Students taking this perspective are likely to argue that since the workers are there to produce the products for Nike, the fact that the company does not actually own the facilities is immaterial – Nike is the beneficiary of the work done in the factory. Some students may suggest that Nike be resolved of some responsibility if the factories also produce products for other companies. 2. What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like, should Nike hold foreign factories to: those prevailing in that country or those prevailing in the United States? Answer: The question of whether of whether to hold foreign factories to the same standards as domestic factories is difficult. Some students might argue that Nike should require all factories regardless of their location to maintain the same standards when it comes to working conditions, overtime, and so on. Other students however, may suggest that...
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...standardized products of global corporations, catered to them in mass marketing communication programs. With their centralized decision making, most companies simply stopped having a connection with the new global marketplace and neglected its emergence. Hence, the influence of local characteristics arose, and with that a new term that encapsulates the global and the local – glocal. “Glocalization” encourages companies to “think global, act local”, and they could do so by using the global brand, while localizing certain elements of that brand in order to suit a particular country. Keywords: global brands, globalization, glocal strategy, glocal marketing. 1. Introduction In 1983, Theodore Levitt published a provocative Harvard Business Review article entitled “The Globalization of Markets”, in which he stated that a new global market, based on uniform products and services, had emerged. He asserted that large scale companies have stopped emphasizing on the customization of their offers to providing globally standardized products that are advanced, functional, reliable and low priced. He argued that informed customers were heading toward a “convergence of tastes”; thus corporations should exploit the “economics of simplicity” and he maintained that the future belonged to global corporations that did not cater to local differences in taste but, instead, adopted strategies that „operated as if the entire world (or major regions of it)...
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...TATTOO MANIA! (An A-Z of Flash Tattoos) A proposed book illustration and its promotion A Thesis presented to the College of Fine Arts and Design UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising By Ma. Minerva Minnehaha V. Capco INTRODUCTION Although our country still remains conservative as compared to the West, the prevalence of Skin Art here in the Philippines is still unstoppable. Filipinos of the latest generations have gradually started opening up to embrace a whole new subculture---a subculture that is more experimental with art, music and sports. Crews and crews of Graffiti artists as well as Skaters are flourishing, Local bands are reaching new heights, and of course, the Industry of Tattooing is growing by the minute. The word tattoo was said to have two major derivations. From the Polynesian word “Ta” which means “to strike something” and from the Tahitian word “Tatau” which means “to mark something”. Archaeologists across the globe have unearthed preserved corpses and mummies that are tattooed. These mummies are said to have lived thousands of years ago, and most of the bodies bore tattoos that signify their cultures, ranks and beliefs. According to research, tattooing has been in activity to many countries such as Japan, Egypt, China, Polynesia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Africa, Ancient Greece and Rome, America...
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...Table of Contents The Impact of Globalisation on Multinational Companies 2 Introduction 2 McDonalds’ Introduction 3 Globalisation and McDonald’s 3 Globalisation strategy of McDonald 5 1. Think Globally but Act Locally 7 2. Pricing 8 3. Advertising/Promotional strategies 8 4. Social responsibility 9 Challenges for McDonald 10 Conclusion 11 Reference 12 The Impact of Globalisation on Multinational Companies Introduction Globalization is a term used to describe the trend of growth; trade practices between undertakings perform beyond the geographic and economic boundaries, so that they exist (Waters, 2001 Brinkman, Brinkman, 2002). Globalization is used to describe the nature of the dominant international trade and business, as they are no longer limited to serving specific groups of consumers in the country (Levy, Hammond and Gross, 2003), the globalization of the increase is due to the expansion of economic and capitalist drive to achieve growth, and taking existing resources , improve the degree of efficiency of the operation. Thus, globalization is also very closely related to the outsourcing companies seeking to existing units, the production moved to another country, economically sensitive wage labour. A typical example of this is the first McDonald's in 1955 as a company in California, opened in 2013, is now in 195 countries and has more than 30,000 restaurants. This process, because it is difficult to control, some multinational companies responsible...
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...research journey an exciting and interesting one. Different cultures exist in the world and their impact on leadership styles in their respective countries is significant. As defined by Luthans and Doh (2009, p96), “Culture is the acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behaviour.” And culture is gained through transmissions between individuals in forms of symbols, rituals, languages, stories told and etc. It will be interesting to find out that the countries’ cultures do in fact influence their leadership styles to quite a great extent. In this report, two entirely different cultures; Japan and United States will be explored in depth to provide a better understanding of their background. The seven determinants of culture in these two countries will be individually discussed as well. Leadership styles in these two countries will also be examined to establish a relationship with their respective cultures. In the later part of the report, an analysis on the cultural and leadership differences between Japan and United...
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...The human brain is the most complex, most sophisticated body organ which makes us superior among other living creatures. It is the vessel of the greatest power ever invented. Since it is a treasure not any pleasure could ever equal it is encapsulated on a hard mass of bone to keep its treasure. The human brain can be divided into four major divisions: The cerebrum, the diencephalon, the cerebellum and the midbrain. The first division is further subdivided into four parts. The frontal lobe, the parietal lobe and the occipital lobe. In the frontal lobe, the precentral gyrus (motor cortex) controls voluntary motor activity. The Broca’s area coordinates the complex muscular activity of the mouth, tongue, and larynx and makes expressive motor speech possible. The frontal area also controls attention and concentration, motivation, ability to formulate goals, the ability to plan, the ability to initiate and maintain action, ability to self monitor and the ability to use feedback (executive functions). These areas contribute to reasoning, problem solving and emotional stability. The parietal lobes interpret temperature, touch and pleasure. Concept formation and abstraction happens and are formulated in this area. The parietal lobes form two sides; the left parietal lobe and the right parietal lobe. The left parietal lobe assists with right and left orientation and mathematics, while the right parietal lobe is used for awareness, as to shape (steriognosis) and size...
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