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Reading a Japanese film : cinema in context /

Reading a Japanese Film, written by a pioneer of Japanese film studies in the United States, provides viewers new to Japanese cinema with the necessary tools to construct a deeper understanding of some of the most critically acclaimed and thoroughly entertaining films ever made. In her introduction,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDonald, Keiko I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2006]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Synergy of Theme, Style, and Dialogue: Kenji Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion (1936)
  • 3. A Meiji Novel for the Screen: Shirö Toyoda's The Mistress (1954)
  • 4. Period Film Par Excellence: Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy (1954-1956)
  • 5. Simple Means for Complex Ends: Yasujirö Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959)
  • 6. Eros, Politics, and Folk Religion: Kaneto Shindö's Onibaba (1963
  • 7. The Age-Old Paradox of Innocence and Experience: Köhei Oguri's Muddy River (1981
  • 8. Satire on the Family and Education in Postwar Japan: Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game (1983)
  • 9. Defeat Revisited: Masahiro Shinoda's MacArthur's Children (1984)
  • 10. Satire on Contemporary Japan: Jüzö Itami's A Taxing Woman (1987)
  • 11. Animation Seminal and Influential: Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  • 12. Cultural Responses to Simplicity: Akira Kurosawa's Madadayo (1993)
  • 13. The Danger and Allure of Phantom Light: Hirokazu Koreeda's Maboroshi (1995)
  • 14. Stressed-Out Nineties Youth in Laid-Back Sixties Dress: Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1995)
  • 15. Bittersweet Childhood: Yöichi Higashi's Village of Dreams (1996)
  • 16. A Woman Director's Approach to the Country Family: Naomi Kawase's Suzaku (1997)
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author