Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution and the history of J-horror

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  • 黒沢清『叫』とJホラーの歴史
  • クロサワ セイ 『 キョウ 』 ト Jホラー ノ レキシ

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This paper analyzes Retribution (2006) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa by putting it in the historical context of J-horror. In general, J-horror refers to Japanese horror films that became popular from the 1990's to 2000's. There are famous films like Ringu (1998) directed by Hideo Nakata and Ju-On : The Grudge (2003) directed by Takashi Shimizu. Kurosawa is a leading figure of J-horror along with Chiaki Konaka and Hiroshi Takahashi. Kurosawa's Retribution constructs a genealogy traced to a short film Tatari (1999) directed by Norio Tsuruta because they have "woman dressed in red" as an important character in common. Tatari is the film that has been overlooked in previous studies. Therefore, this paper re-evaluates the significance of Retribution within the history-of J-horror by referring to Tatari.

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