The Midnight Eye guide to new Japanese film / Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp ; foreword by Hideo Nakata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mes, Tom, 1974-

Contributor:

Sharp, Jasper, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Japan--History.

Motion pictures.

Japan.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, [2005]

Summary:

An eye-opening portrait of a vibrant film culture, "The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film is the most comprehensive study of the Japanese filmmaking scene yet written, featuring all-new material from the co-editors of the popular website "MidnightEye.com. Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp explore the astounding resurgence of Japanese cinema, both live action and animated, profiling 19 contemporary Japanese filmmakers, from the well-known (Kitano, Miike, Miyazaki) to the up-and-coming (Naomi Kawase, Satoshi Kon, Shinya Tsukamoto) and reviewing 97 of their recent films. With 100+ images from behind and in front of the camera, this is a book any film lover will savor. Foreword by Hideo Nakata, director of "Ringu.

Tom Mes (in Paris) and Jasper Sharp (in Tokyo) co-edit "Midnighteye.com, the premier English-language website on Japanese cinema.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-348) and index.

ISBN:

1880656892

OCLC:

56599777