The Japanese period film : a critical analysis / S.A. Thornton ; foreword by Donald Richie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Sybil Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--Japan--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Japan.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]

Summary:

"This study examines the history of the Japanese period film and proposes that a powerful relationship exists between the past and present in Japan's narrative tradition. The book is focused on the Japanese period film, the book contains stand-alone essays which focus on the narrative in Japanese epic, religion, theater, and modern popular literature"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The Narrative Set in the Past

1 The Japanese Period Film 11

2 The Japanese Period Piece 27

3 The Japanese Hero 50

4 Sixteenth Century Japan in Film 86

5 The Yakuza Film 94

Part 2 Realism in the Narrative

6 The Shinkokugeki and the Zenshinza: Western Representational Realism and the Japanese Period Film 109

7 Historical Realism 116

8 From Stage Realism to Film Realism 126

Part 3 The Scene in Japanese Narrative

9 Thematic Composition, Formulaic Diction and Cinema 141

10 The Japanese Epic as Buddhist Sermon 149

11 Thematic Composition in the Japanese Epic: On the Type Scene 161

12 Traditional Narrative and Yamada Yoji 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 227-235.

ISBN:

9780786431366

0786431369

OCLC:

166273763