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Japanese documentary film : the Meiji era through Hiroshima / Abe Mark Nornes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nornes, Markus.
- Series:
- Visible evidence ; v. 15.
- Visible evidence ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--Japan--History and criticism.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Among Asian countries-where until recently documentary filmmaking was largely the domain of governments-Japan was exceptional for the vigor of its film industry. And yet, Japanese documentary remains largely unstudied outside of Japan. The first English-language study of the subject, this book provides an enlightening look at the first fifty years of documentary film theory and practice in Japan.
- Contents:
- A prehistory of the Japanese documentary
- The innovation of Prokino
- A hardening of style
- Stylish charms: when hard style becomes hard reality
- The last stand of theory
- Kamei Fumio: editing under pressure
- After apocalypse: obliteration of the nation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9421-4
- OCLC:
- 476095307
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