Subject: East Asian Cinema Analytical Papers Instructions: Each paper should be

Subject: East Asian Cinema Analytical Papers
Instructions:
Each paper should be at least 1500 words (approximately five double-spaced pages with
12-point font). Each paper should cite at least four sources. Two of these may be readings from class, and a minimum two should be sources that you have found on your own. Please cite the sources with a consistent MLA citation style. Use of chatbots or other generative AI tools for these papers is not allowed.
Note: I may have one more paper in a few days once I receive the prompt I would like written by the same person for writing consistency purposes. I currently have only one class source for each paper which means I would require a total of three other sources. Below are the prompts for the first two papers. Attached to this order are the sources from class, one for each paper. Please reach out if any more clarification is needed.
Prompt 1:
Please discuss The Handmaiden (2016, Park Chan-wook) in the context of Japanese colonialism. How does the film represent life under colonialism during the period in which it is set? What does it have to say about Korean complicity under Japanese colonialism? How does it relate questions of gender and sexuality to questions of colonialism? Please support your assertions with references to the film and/or to relevant scholarship.
Prompt 2:
Please discuss Nobody Knows (2004, Koreeda Hirokazu) in terms of genre. Although it is a feature (that is, fictional) film, it is based on true events and in some ways has a quasi-documentary style. Please identify those parts of the film that seem to follow the style or conventions of a documentary. Which parts of the story are based on fact and which are fictional? How does the director’s background inform our understanding of this film? Please support your answers with references to the film and/or to relevant scholarship.