Focusing on the period 1930-1960, Catherine Russell demystifies classical Japanese cinema. The book provides in-depth analysis of gender and social politics in 15 landmark films.
The classical, the modern, and Japanese cinema in the global system. -- Yasujiro Ozu : a short history of the home drama. -- Kenji Mizoguchi and his women. -- Men with swords and men with suits : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa. -- Mikio Naruse : a Japanese woman's cinema. -- Remem…
Preface -- The classical, the modern, and Japanese cinema in the global system -- Yasujiro Ozu : a short history of the home drama -- Kenji Mizoguchi and his women -- Men with swords and men with suits : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa -- Mikio Naruse : a Japanese woman's cinema --…
Catherine Russell's highly accessible book approaches Japanese cinema as an industry closely modeled on Hollywood, focusing on the classical period those years in which the studio system dominated all film production in Japan, from roughly 1930 to 1960. Respectful and thoroughly…