(1936-04-29) April 29, 1936 (age 88) Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
Film critic
Language
Japanese, French, English
Alma mater
University of Tokyo
Period
1974-present
Spouse
Chantal Van Melkebeke
Children
Shigeomi Hasumi
Website
www.mube.jp
Shigehiko Hasumi (蓮實重彥, aka Hasumi Shiguéhiko; born April 29, 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese literary critic, film critic, French literature scholar, and novelist. He was a professor at the University of Tokyo (Cultural Studies, or the "Study of Culture and Representation"), dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the 26th President (1997-2001).[1]
Hasumi started his academic career as a Gustave Flaubert scholar, but also played a central role in the early introduction of the contemporary French philosophy, such as Gilles Deleuze and Michele Foucault, into Japan in the 1970s. He is also known as one of the most prolific Japanese critic and reviewer of the modern literature and film.[2]
Since 1980s, Hasumi has been active in introducing the French New Wave filmmakers' thought and the Hollywood B-films. His method of viewing and writing films, inspired by the 1950s French film criticism appeared in Cahiers du Cinéma, played the gigantic role in the Japanese film culture in the late 20th century.[2] His influential work includes Directed by Yasujiro Ozu (1986).
He is married to Chantal Van Melkebeke, the daughter of the Belgian painter, journalist, and writer Jacques Van Melkebeke, who is known for having been the first chief editor of Tintin magazine.[3] They had one son, Shigeomi Hasumi.
^"University presidents of the past". University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
^ abAaron Grew, "Critical Introduction: Shiguéhiko Hasumi and the Viewing Film Studies Anew," in Directed by Yasujiro Ozu, Shiguéhiko Hasumi, U. Of California Press, 2024.
^Mouchart, Benoît (2002). À l'ombre de la ligne claire: Jacques Van Melkebeke, le clandestin de la B.D. Paris: Vertige Graphic. ISBN 2-908981-71-8
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