1 option
Negative, nonsensical, and non-conformist : the films of Suzuki Seijun / Peter A. Yacavone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yacavone, Peter A. (Peter Andrew), 1978- author.
- Series:
- Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 99.
- Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; number 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suzuki, Seijun, 1923-2017--Criticism and interpretation.
- Suzuki, Seijun.
- Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha--History--20th century.
- Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.
- Exploitation films--Japan--History--20th century.
- Exploitation films.
- Horror films--Japan--History--20th century.
- Horror films.
- Experimental films--Japan--History--20th century.
- Experimental films.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (402 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
- Other Title:
- Films of Suzuki Seijun
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- In the late 1950s, Suzuki Seijun was an unknown, anxious low-ranking film director churning out so-called program pictures for Japan's most successful movie studio, Nikkatsu. In the early 1960s, he met with modest success in directing popular movies about yakuza gangsters and mild exploitation films featuring prostitutes and teenage rebels. In this book, Peter A. Yacavone argues that Suzuki became an unlikely cinematic rebel and, with hindsight, one of the most important voices in the global cinema of the 1960s. Working from within the studio system, Suzuki almost single-handedly rejected the restrictive filmmaking norms of the postwar period and expanded the form and language of popular cinema. This artistic rebellion proved costly when Suzuki was fired in 1967 and virtually blacklisted by the studios, but Suzuki returned triumphantly to the scene of world cinema in the 1980s and 1990s with a series of critically celebrated, avant-garde tales of the supernatural and the uncanny. This book provides a well-informed, philosophically oriented analysis of Suzuki's 49 feature films.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-396) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472903474
- 0472903470
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.