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{{Short description|Japanese film, television, and theater genre}}
'''Gendaigeki''' ([[wiktionary:現|現]][[wiktionary:代|代]][[wiktionary:劇|劇]]) is a [[genre]] of [[film]] and [[television]] or [[theater]] play in [[Japan]]. Unlike the ''[[jidaigeki]]'' genre of period dramas, whose stories are set in the [[Edo period]], ''gendaigeki'' stories are contemporary dramas set in the modern world.
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{{Nihongo|'''''Gendai-geki'''''|現代劇}} is a [[genre]] of [[film]] and [[television]] or [[theater]] play in [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thornton |first=S. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ6vBwAAQBAJ |title=The Japanese Period Film: A Critical Analysis |date=2015-03-26 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9216-9 |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Osnes |first=Beth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTkCI62oXjEC |title=Acting: An International Encyclopedia |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-87436-795-9 |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref> Unlike the ''[[jidai-geki]]'' genre of period dramas, whose stories are set in the [[Edo period]], ''gendai-geki'' stories are contemporary dramas set in the modern world.


==See also==
==See also==
*Sewamono - the contemporary setting plays of [[bunraku]] and [[kabuki]]
*''[[Sewamono]]'' {{Nihongo|2=世話物}} - the contemporary setting plays of ''[[bunraku]]'' and ''[[kabuki]]''
*[[Cinema of Japan]]
*[[Cinema of Japan]]
*[[Shomingeki]]
*''[[Shomin-geki]]''
*[[Jidaigeki]]
*''[[Jidai-geki]]''


== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Cinema of Japan}}
{{Film genres}}

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Latest revision as of 17:39, 9 July 2023

Gendai-geki (現代劇) is a genre of film and television or theater play in Japan.[1][2] Unlike the jidai-geki genre of period dramas, whose stories are set in the Edo period, gendai-geki stories are contemporary dramas set in the modern world.

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References

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  1. ^ Thornton, S. A. (2015-03-26). The Japanese Period Film: A Critical Analysis. McFarland. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7864-9216-9.
  2. ^ Osnes, Beth (2001). Acting: An International Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-87436-795-9.