Japanese cinema : texts and contexts / edited by Alastair Phillips and Julian Stringer.
Phillips, Alastair, 1963-; Stringer, Julian, 1966-
2007
PN1993.5.J3 J27 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Japanese cinema : texts and contexts / edited by Alastair Phillips and Julian Stringer.
ISBN
9780415328487 paperback
0415328489 paperback
9780415328470 hardback
0415328470 hardback
Publication Details
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PN1993.5.J3 J27 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.430952
Summary
"Japanese Cinema includes twenty-four articles on key films of Japanese cinema, from the silent era to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to Japanese cinema history and Japanese culture and society. Studying a range of important films, from Late Spring, Seven Samurai and In the Realm of the Senses to Godzilla, Hana-Bi and Ring, the collection includes discussion of all the major directors of Japanese cinema including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa, Oshima, Suzuki, Kitano and Miyazaki. Each chapter discusses the film in relation to aesthetic, industrial or critical issues and ends with a complete filmography for each director. The book also includes a full glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography of readings on Japanese cinema. Bringing together leading international scholars and showcasing pioneering new research, this book is essential reading for all students and general readers interested in one of the world's most important film industries."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-349) and index.
Added Author
Phillips, Alastair, 1963-
Stringer, Julian, 1966-
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The salaryman's panic time: Ozu Yasujirō's I was born, but
(1932) / Alastair Phillips
All for money: Mizoguchi Kenji's Osaka elegy (1936) / Mori Toshie
Turning serious: Yamanaka Sadao's Humanity and paper balloons (1937) / Freda Freiberg
Country retreat: Shimizu Hiroshi's Ornamental hairpin (1941) / Alexander Jacoby
The riddle of the vase: Ozu Yasujirō's Late spring (1949) / Abé Mark Nornes
History through cinema: Mizoguchi Kenji's The life of O-Haru (1952) / Joan Mellen
The menace from the south seas: Honda Ishirō's Godzilla (1954) / Yomota Inuhiko
Seven Samurai and six women: Kurosawa Akira's Seven samurai (1954) / D.P. Martinez
Women's stories in post-war Japan: Naruse Mikio's Late chrysanthemums (1954) / Catherine Russell
A cinematic creation: Ichikawa Kon's Conflagration (1958) / Keiko I. McDonald
Modernization without modernity: Masumura Yasuzō's Giants and toys (1958) / Michael Raine
Questions of the new: Ōshima Nagisa's Cruel story of youth (1960) / Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
Ethnicizing the body and film: Teshigahara Hiroshi's Woman in the dunes (1964) / Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
Dark visions of Japanese film noir: Suzuki Seijun's Branded to kill (1967) / Daisuke Miyao
Eroticism in two dimensions: Shinoda Masahiro's Double suicide (1969) / Carole Cavanaugh
Transgression and the politics of porn: Ōshima Nagisa's In the realm of the senses (1976) / Isolde Standish
Unsettled visions: Imamura Shōhei's Vengeance is mine (1979) / Alastair Phillips
Playing with postmodernism: Morita Yoshimitsu's The family game (1983) / Aaron Gerow
Transgression and retribution: Yanagimachi Mitsuo's Fire festival (1985) / Donald Richie
Community and connection: Itami Jūzō's Tampopo (1985) / Linda Ehrlich
The imagination of the transcendent: Kore-eda Hirokazu's Maborosi (1995) / David Desser
Therapy for him and her: Kitano Takeshi's Hana-bi (1997) / Darrell William Davis
The original and the copy: Nakata Hideo's Ring (1998) / Julian Stringer
The global markets for anime: Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited away (2001) / Rayna Denison.

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