混成アジア映画に見る家族

――マレーシアとインドネシアを中心に――

抄録

Feature films are fictional. Even if the film is realistic, we cannot accept it uncritically as the film reflects reality. However, it is inevitable that the temporality and regionality where the film is produced and released are reflected on the feature film (especially commercial films). For this reason, we explore the stories that society has entrusted to local films by deciphering them. This article discusses family styles through films in Malaysia and Indonesia. Both countries are multiethnic, multi-religious and multi-lingual, and the majority religion, Islam, has a major impact on society, while Islam is positioned in society as one of several religions. In Malaysia, characterized by ethnic ranks and Islamic authority, love and companionship across ethnic and religious differences becomes an issue. However, Yasmin Ahmad’s films appeal that the problem to be solved is not the difference in ethnicity or religion but the power relationship between parent and child or between married couple. There have been more Indonesian films featuring polygamy with women playing a leading role in foreign countries, which can be understood as an attempt to create a family based on the value of Islam. We interpret it as showing that women who are trying to live away from the interference of their parents and the community are finding it difficult to balance their career with a good mother.