Directed by Yasujiro Ozu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasumi, Shiguéhiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.

Ozu, Yasujirō.

Motion picture producers and directors--Japan--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2024.

Summary:

First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneering translation brings Hasumi's landmark work to an English-speaking public for the first time, inviting a new readership to engage with this astutely observed, deeply moving meditation on the oeuvre of one of the giants of world cinema. Complemented by a critical introduction from acclaimed film scholar Aaron Gerow and rendered fluidly in Ryan Cook's agile translation, this volume will grace the shelves of cinephiles for many years to come.

Contents:

Translator's introduction : Directed by Shiguéhiko Hasumi / Ryan Cook

Critical introduction : Shiguéhiko Hasumi and viewing film studies anew / Aaron Gerow

Prologue : the rules of the game

Negating

Eating

Changing Clothes

Inhabiting

Looking

Holding still

Radiating

Getting angry

Laughing

Being surprised

Conclusion : pleasure and cruelty

Appendix : interview with Yūharu Atsuta.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Hasumi, Shiguéhiko Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

ISBN:

9780520396739

0520396731

OCLC:

1417196909