Abstract
Itami creates eroticism in The Funeral (1984) and Tampopo (1985) by combining traditional Japanese notions of aesthetics with a contemporary attitude toward the depiction of sex. Similar to their manifestations in other traditional and modern Japanese performing and visual arts, the shape and color of clothing, covering/uncovering of the body, and objects are juxtaposed to give them symbolic sexual meaning.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 70-95 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Cinema Journal |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 2003 |