Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory

Huanyu He

doi:10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786510.20250603

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Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory

Volume 6, Issue 3

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Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory
Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory
HongKong Baptist University, HongKong, 999077, China
Vol. 6, Issue 3, Pages: 50-53(2025)
Published：24 June 2025
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786510.20250603
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He Huanyu.Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(03):50-53.
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He Huanyu.Subversion and Deconstruction: A Study of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Films from the Perspective of Carnival Theory[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(03):50-53. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786510.20250603.

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Nobuhiko Obayashi is a post-war Japanese director

who began working on films in the 1960s

and gained fame in the 1970s with his work on The House. In his work

he has created a carnivalesque narrative style. He insisted on using innovative modes of filming to break the traditional film language. The alternation of dream and reality

the collage-like illustrations and the overall style of childishness constitute the unique authorial style of Obayashi. This paper employs Bakhtin's "Carnival Theory" to analyze Nobuhiko Obayashi's films through three dimensions: subversive narrative style

playful bodily expressions

and ontological reflections on cinema. Also

it will explore how these elements collectively offer an innovative depiction of Japanese society and war through processes of subversion and deconstruction.

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