著者

南出 和余

出版者

桃山学院大学総合研究所

雑誌

桃山学院大学総合研究所紀要 (ISSN:1346048X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, no.2, pp.15-30, 2019-01

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This paper analyzes 85 films portraying the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 to examine howthe movies recorded, told, and asked the meaning of this war of independence. The relationshipbetween the state and the movies has been harmonically developed through the 20th century.After the birth of Bangladesh as a nation in 1971, their nation-building and participation in globalsociety have progressed simultaneously. While their national identity still strongly depends onthe history of the liberation war that occurred almost half a century ago, the movies continue totell the history to the people. Of course, the representation of the war has gradually evolved. Astime passes, war memories shift from direct experiences to indirect stories, eventually becominguniversal messages. At the same time, there have been some consistent themes throughout thewar movies, such as the rape of women and Islam. The movies stimulate the people's awarenessof their national identity, as a predominantly Bengali Muslim nation, through the story of the war.Meanwhile, the features of Bangladesh's art filmography, emphasizing the country's naturalbeauty, also appear in the series of movies. Thus, this paper discusses the cinematic representationof the Bangladesh Liberation War in terms of both ideological and artistic features.