Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
Title	Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
Discipline	Film studies
Language	English
Publisher	Intellect / Routledge
Country	United Kingdom
Frequency	Quarterly
History	2009–present

Contents

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to cinema and screen cultures of Japan and Korea. It publishes research on filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Im Kwon-taek and on institutions like Toho Company, Nikkatsu, Shinchosha, CJ ENM, Korean Film Council and Netflix. The journal engages debates connecting film histories involving Meiji Restoration, Taisho democracy, Japanese occupation of Korea, Korean War, Cold War and transnational flows tied to Asian Cinema Festival, Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

History

The journal was established in 2009 amid renewed scholarly interest following retrospectives of Akira Kurosawa at Cannes Film Festival and the international breakout of Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho at festivals such as Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival; it appeared contemporaneously with institutional initiatives like the Korean Film Archive expansions and the digitization projects of the National Film Archive of Japan. Early issues responded to debates triggered by publications on Yasujirō Ozu studies, archival recoveries of Shochiku productions and controversies around remakes such as the American remaking of Ringu and the cross-cultural circulation exemplified by Oldboy adaptations. The journal’s founding editors coordinated symposia at universities such as University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, Kyoto University, SOAS University of London and University of California, Berkeley to consolidate research networks with contributors from Columbia University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Oxford and Australian National University.

The journal covers historical and contemporary work on directors including Kenji Mizoguchi, Seijun Suzuki, Shin Sang-ok, Im Kwon-taek and Hur Jin-ho; it addresses production companies such as Toho, Shochiku, Nikkatsu, Daehan Cinema Company, Korean Film Council and distributors like Toei Company and CJ ENM. Articles explore thematic intersections with authors like Haruki Murakami adaptations, genre studies around kaiju films tied to Godzilla and melodrama traditions involving Yasujiro Ozu and Hong Sang-soo, as well as analysis of festivals and awards including Tokyo International Film Festival, Blue Dragon Film Awards, Asian Film Awards and Academy Awards. It foregrounds archival research using holdings from National Film Archive of Japan, Korean Film Archive and private collections such as the Shochiku collection alongside theoretical engagements with scholars influenced by Stuart Hall, Roland Barthes, Laura Mulvey and Homi K. Bhabha.

The editorial board includes scholars affiliated with institutions like University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, SOAS University of London, University of Cambridge, Yale University and University of California, Los Angeles. The journal is published quarterly by publishers associated with Intellect Ltd and distributed in cooperation with academic societies such as British Association for Japanese Studies and organizations like the Korean Studies Association UK. Submission guidelines require double-blind peer review from reviewers with expertise tied to centers such as East–West Center, Asian Film Archive, Harvard-Yenching Library and the Getty Research Institute. Institutional subscriptions are held by libraries at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Library of Congress, National Diet Library (Japan) and National Library of Korea.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services used by researchers at Web of Science, Scopus, JSTOR, ProQuest, EBSCOhost and MLA International Bibliography. Its inclusion supports citation tracking through platforms like Google Scholar, CrossRef and ORCID and visibility in discovery systems managed by OCLC WorldCat, JSTOR collections and library consortia at Research Libraries UK and Association of Research Libraries.

Scholars citing the journal include contributors from Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University and Peking University, reflecting engagement across regional and comparative fields such as East Asian Studies programs at Harvard University, Princeton University and University of Chicago. Reviews in periodicals and newsletters connected to Screen International, Sight & Sound, Film Quarterly and Asian Cinema have highlighted the journal’s role in debates on transnational circulation exemplified by the success of Parasite at the Academy Awards and the global reach of Yakuza cycle reinterpretations. The journal has informed curatorial projects at institutions like Museum of Modern Art, British Film Institute, Korean Film Archive and retrospective programming at Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Noteworthy contributions have examined canonical works such as analyses linking Rashomon to historiography of the Pacific War, studies on Tokyo Story and urban modernity, scholarship on Oldboy and revenge melodrama, and essays on Spirited Away in contexts of Studio Ghibli’s industrial strategies and global branding. Special issues have focused on topics such as gender and performance in films by Yasujiro Ozu and Hong Sang-soo, transnational coproductions involving Toho and CJ ENM, archival recovery projects around silent cinema holdings in the National Film Archive of Japan and the digital circulation of Korean Wave texts like Winter Sonata, My Sassy Girl and streaming phenomena associated with Netflix. Contributors include scholars who have published monographs with Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Duke University Press and University of California Press and who curate programs at British Film Institute and Museum of Modern Art.

Category:Film journals Category:Japanese cinema Category:Korean cinema