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Transnational*UK*Reception*of*Contemporary** Japanese*Horror*Film* ! ! Aimee*Richmond* ! Submitted!in!accordance!with!the!requirements!for!the!degree!of!Doctor!of! Philosophy! ! ! The!University!of!Sheffield! ! School!of!East!Asia!Studies! ! June,!2014! ! ! ! ! ! ! i! ! ! The!candidate!confirms!that!the!work!submitted!is!her!own!and!that!appropriate! credit!has!been!given!where!reference!has!been!made!to!the!work!of!others.!This! copy!has!been!supplied!on!the!understanding!that!it!is!copyright!material!and! that!no!quotation!from!this!thesis!may!be!published!without!proper! acknowledgement.!The!right!of!Aimee!Richmond!to!be!identified!as!the!author!of! this!work!has!been!asserted!by!her!in!accordance!with!the!Copyright,!Designs! and!Patents!Act!1888.! ! ©!2014!The!University!of!Sheffield!and!Aimee!Richmond! ! ! This!work!was!supported!by!the!Economic!and!Social!Research!Council!and!the! White!Rose!East!Asia!Centre.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! * ! ii! Acknowledgements* Special!thanks!go!to!Peter!Matanle,!Lúcia!Nagib!and!Mika!Ko!for!your!supervision,! support!and!knowledge.!! ! Thank!you!also!to!my!friends!and!family!for!your!copious!amounts!of! proofreading!and!encouragement.!ShoutQouts!in!particular!to:!Alan!Chan!for!his! bad!taste!in!movies,!Neil!Leverett!for!his!encyclopedic!knowledge!of!movies,!and! Michael!Precious!for!his!extreme!reactions!to!movies.!Oliver!Carr!for!picking!me! up!at!my!lowest,!and!Louise!Haymer!and!Laura!Lee!for!being!there!to!celebrate! the!highs.!Noriko!Karube!and!Carlijn!Bakker!for!proof!that!friendship!transcends! geographical!and!cultural!boundaries.!Brad!Kirkland!for!keeping!me!sane!this! past!year,!and!Jennifer!Surtees!for!always!keeping!it!real.! ! Finally,!I!would!like!to!thank!the!ESRC,!the!University!of!Sheffield,!and!Waseda! University!for!supporting!me!in!my!research,!which!luckily!crosses!over!into!my! wildest!dreams.! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! * * * * ! iii! Abstract* This!thesis!examines!the!understanding!of!the!contemporary!Japanese!horror! film!genre!in!the!UK,!taking!into!account!the!effects!that!the!specificities!of!the! UK!crossQcultural!context!have!upon!audiences’!meaningQmaking.!Analysis! mainly!revolves!around!six!films!selected!based!upon!frequency!of!mention!by! participants:!Ring!(Nakata,!1998),!Audition!(Miike,!1999),!Ju+on:!The/Grudge! (Shimizu,!2004),!Dark/Water!(Nakata,!2002),!Battle/Royale!(Fukusaku,!2000)!and! Ichi/the/Killer!(Miike,!2001).! ! Four!focus!groups!and!twenty!individual!interviews!were!conducted!with! individuals!aged!between!eighteen!and!thirty!years!of!age,!all!of!whom!selfQ identified!as!British.!Responses!were!analysed!in!order!to!provide!insight!into! three!key!areas:!how!UK!audiences!define!the!genre!of!contemporary!Japanese! horror!film,!the!frameworks!and!processes!they!use!in!their!definitions,!and!the! meanings!that!they!find!in!culturallyQspecific!elements!within!these!films.!Both! the!Japanese!and!UK!reception!landscapes!of!contemporary!Japanese!horror!film! are!outlined!in!order!to!provide!necessary!context.! Ultimately,!the!research!unearths!a!variety!of!interpretations!of!the! contemporary!Japanese!horror!film!genre,!which!are!reflective!of!a!range!of! audience!readings!due!in!part!to!different!levels!of!interQcultural!competence!and! personal!preference.!The!study!finds!new!channels!of!reception!to!be!central!in! influencing!transnational!audience!reception.!Home!viewing!cultures!and!shifts! from!the!original!viewing!context!are!further!linked!to!the!way!in!which! audiences!create!experiences!around!the!films,!the!influence!of!which!lasts!well! beyond!the!point!of!reception.!Alongside!this,!genre!definition!and!film! ! iv! placements!within!those!genres!are!shown!to!be!an!important!factor!in!film! reception,!particularly!in!terms!of!influencing!audience!value!judgments.! Acknowledging!the!fragmented!nature!of!the!audience,!hypotheses!as!to!the! development!of!an!audienceQled!approach!to!transnational!genre!are!outlined.! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ! v! Contents! Chapter!1:!Introduction:!Resurrecting!contemporary!Japanese!horror! film!.......................................................................................................................................................1! ! Aims!and!outline……………………………………………………………………………….!5! What’s!in!a!name?…………………………………………………………………….............7!
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