Trailer - Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

Hmmmm, think im gonna watch my VAMPIRE GIRL subtitled screener this weekend….

Yeah, I could go without that borderline racist depiction of blacks in that movie. It’s tough to defend a movie to everyone decent when it got that in it.

Japan’s use of blackface and racial stereotypes in comedy is one of the most awkward, cringe-worthy things. I guess nobody’s been called out on it yet because it’s getting more and more common.

The modern veneer of Japan can often blind you to the fact that socially, it lags at least a couple of generations behind the West. Especially worrying is that many politicians see an increased emphasis on nationalism as a way of solving the social problems that beset the country.

I don’t speak much Japanese, and maybe most of you reading this don’t either, but I guess many of us know the meaning of the phrase baka gaijin…says it all really.

could be a symptom of the whole “those japanese, they’re weird aren’t they?” perspective from baka gaijin, i suppose. you do get the odd fake tan fashion thing going on right now (and in recent times) as well as tropical islands outer edges of japan (i think…), but, in the end, the acceptance of how blatantly off the mark these films seem to be (in their apparent recycling of recent japanese films to hit DVD in the west) is ultimately far more damaging to the issues we more immediately face, need to deal with. not that racisms acceptable of course (!), but, as stated above, it’s apparently much more dealt with here than it seems to be in japan : if this example is anything to go by.

Of course western cinema’s depiction of Asians is pristine.

but since those covering and following asian cinema online are likely to be predominantly western themselves (as I am), I’d guess we’ve more of a sense of why the west might be problematic when it comes to portraying western culture. as for understanding japan’s ability to have characters “blacking up”, it’s still a mystery.

Point 1: All depictions of racial stereotypes by anyone in any country make me uncomfortable as hell. The US obviously has a long and embarrassing history of this sort of thing.

Point 2: Schlock doesn’t bother me, as long as people realize Asian cinema doesn’t begin or end there.

in essence, i think films that crossover or explode with such ease as these ultra-gore shlock films do, largely reach parts other films do not. not entirely, but primarily.

Yukie Kawamura is a Japanese “gravure” model. Pretty lady!
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/yukie-kawamura-oh-yeah/

relax idiots, its just a bit of fun