(born 29 April 1936 in

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) is a

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and an academic researcher on

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from Japan. He was president of the

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from 1997 to 2001.

Life and work

Hasumi's father Shigeyasu was a professor at

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. His wife Chantal Van Melkebeke is a teacher from Belgium. Hasumi was influential in introducing French post-structuralist theory to Japan, and was himself influenced by such French thinkers as

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. He has written on the

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, and

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. He promoted such new directors as

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. Several of his students, including

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, and

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, have gone on to become filmmakers. His personal name has been spelt variously as Shigehiko, the standard Hepburn romanization, Shiguehiko and Shiguéhiko on his publications. For example, his biography of Yasujirō Ozu features the name Shiguéhiko on both the original Japanese and the French translation, whereas many translations of his books feature the form Shigehiko.

Selected bibliography

* ''Hihyō Aruiwa Kashi no Saiten'' (1974) * ''Han Nihongo Ron'' (1977) * ''Natsume Sōseki Ron'' (1978) * ''Eiga no Shinwagaku'' (1979) * ''Eizō no Shigaku'' (1979) * ''Hyōsō Hihyō Sengen'' (1979) * ''Cinema no Kioku Sōchi'' (1979) * ''Eiga: Yūwaku no Ekurichūru'' (1983) * ''Kantoku Ozu Yasujirō'' (1983) * ''Monogatari Hihan Josetsu'' (1985) * ''Kanbotsu Chitai'' (1986) * ''Bonyō na Geijutsuka no Shōzō'' (1988) * ''Shōsetsu Kara Tōku Hanarete'' (1989) * ''Teikoku no Inbō'' (1991) * ''Hollywood Eigashi Kōgi'' (1993) * ''Zettai Bungei Jihyō Sengen'' (1994) * ''Tamashii no Yuibutsuronteki na Yōgo no Tame ni'' (1994) * ''Opera Opérationnelle'' (1994) * ''Watakushi ga Daigaku ni Tsuite Shitteiru Ni San no Kotogara'' (2001) * ''Supōtsu Hihyō Sengen'' (2004) * ''Eiga e no Fujitsunaru Sasoi'' (2004) * ''Miserarete: Sakka Ronshū'' (2005) * ''Godāru Kakumei'' (2005) * ''Hyōshō no Naraku'' (2006) * ''Aka no Yūwaku'' (2007) * ''Eiga Hōkai Zenya'' (2008) * ''Eigaron Kōgi'' (2008) * ''Godāru Mane Fūkō'' (2008) * ''Zuisō'' (2010) * ''Eiga Jihyō 2009-2011'' (2012)

References

External links

Mube.jp
a website for which he serves as coordinator, containing some of his essays * 1936 births Living people Film theorists Japanese film critics University of Tokyo alumni Rikkyo University faculty University of Tokyo faculty Historians of French literature Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Presidents of the University of Tokyo Presidents of The Japan Association of National Universities {{japan-film-bio-stub