Visiting Associate Professor
HIRANO Kyoko
Education:
- 1988
- Ph.D., New York University
- 1978
- M.A. University of Tokyo
- 1975
- B.A. Waseda University
Professional Experience:
- 2008-present
- Visiting Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2007-present
- Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Film Producing
- Lecturer, Temple University of Japan
- 2006-2007
- Lecturer, University of Tokyo
- 2005
- Mantaro Kubota Memorial Chair Lecturer, Keio University
- 1989-2004
- Director, Film Center, Japan Society, New York City
- 1986-1989
- Film Program Coordinator, Japan Society, New York City
Specialization:
Film History, East European Cinema, Film Exhibition
Research Theme:
Japanese Cinema Seen In the World
Major Publications:
- 2008
- "Japanese Crime Films of the 1940s and 1950s" in Japon En Negro/Japanese Film Noir, San Sebastian Film Festival
- 2006
- Manhattan no Kurosawa: Eigo jimakuban wa arimasuka? (Kurosawa in Manhattan: Are There English-subtitled Prints?), Seiryu Shuppan.
- 2001
- "Japanese Filmmakers and the Responsibility for War: The Case of Itami Mansaku" in War, Occupation, and Creativity: Japan and East Asia 1920-1960, University of Hawaii Press.
- 1992
- Mr. Smith Goes To Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation 1945-1952, Smithsonian Institution Press.
