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I. Contents and organization.
This unit will focus on the film, photography, and graphic design
of the postwar era.
1. Firstly, we will discuss the Asian-Pacific War, the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Allied occupation.
We will discuss selected works of postwar photographers, including
Kimura Ihee, Horace Bristol, and Tomatsu Shômei (gallery
one); and we will view the film Stray Dog by director
Kurosawa Akira (1949).
2. Secondly, we will consider the reaction to American political
and cultural hegemenoy and discuss the Japanese counterculture
in the 1960's, viewing and discussing the work of graphic designer
Yokoo Tadanori (gallery three).
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