The Japan Society

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15/12/2025Eco-Political Film Histories: Land Cinema in Japan and beyond - with Becca Voelcker

15/12/2025

In this lecture, author Dr Becca Voelcker will discuss Japan's centrality in a genre she calls 'land cinema', offering examples ranging from downtown Tokyo to rural rice paddies in Yamagata which resonate with our own era of social and environmental crises.