What is Japanese cinema? : a history / Yomota Inuhiko ; translated by Philip Kaffen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yomota, Inuhiko, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Kaffen, Phil, translator.

Standardized Title:

Nihon eigashi 110-nen. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Japan--History.

Motion pictures.

Japan.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"What might Godzilla and Kurosawa have in common? What, if anything, links Ozu's sparse portraits of domestic life and the colorful worlds of anime? In this book, Yomota Inuhiko provides a concise history of Japanese film that shows how cinema tells the story of Japan's modern age. Discussing popular works alongside auteurist masterpieces, Inuhiko considers films in light of both Japanese cultural particularities and cinema as a worldwide art form. He covers the history of Japanese film from the silent era to the rise of J-Horror in historical, technological, and global contexts. Inuhiko shows how Japanese film has been shaped by traditional art forms such as kabuki theater as well as foreign influences spanning Hollywood and Italian neorealism. Along the way, he considers the first golden age of Japanese film; colonial filmmaking in Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan; the impact of World War II and the U.S. occupation; the Japanese film industry's rise to international prominence during the 1950s and 1960s; and the challenges and technological shifts of recent decades. Alongside a larger thematic discussion of what defines and characterizes Japanese film, Inuhiko provides insightful readings of canonical directors including Kurosawa, Ozu, Suzuki, and Miyazaki as well as genre movies, documentaries, indie film, and pornography"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Motion pictures: 1896-1918

The rise of silent film: 1917-1930

The first golden age: 1927-1940

Japanese cinema during wartime

Film production in the colonies and occupied lands

Japanese cinema under American occupation: 1945-1952

Toward a second golden age: 1952-1960

Upheaval amidst steady decline: 1961-1970

Decline and torpor: 1971-1980

The collapse of the studio system: 1981-1990

The indies start to flourish: 1991-2000

Within a production bubble: 2001-2011.

Notes:

"Originally published in the Japanese as Nihon eigash 110 nen (Tokyo: Shueisha, 2014)."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.

ISBN:

9780231191623

0231191626

9780231191630

0231191634

OCLC:

1064780660