Analysis of the Japanese Iyashikei Films and the Culture Behind These Films

摘要

The theory is to analyze the Japanese Iyashikei Films and the culture behind these films. The author chooses our little sister, little forest, and Kikujiro's summer as exemplars to analyze the plot. Except the analysis on the content of the film, knowledge in psychology, communication, and sociology is also used to summarize the elements in Japanese Iyashikei films and how these elements heal negative emotions of the Japanese. It can be concluded that the historical, cultural, and social factors together result in an extremely stressful life of the Japanese people. Consequently, they tend to find something that can ease their misery brought by the stress. The Iyashikei films then come to life and hit the screen. The present of natural scene, food, and family relationship is a feature of Iyashikei films. These scenes and themes are regarded to be healing. The reason also lies in the cultural and social background.