Reading a Japanese Film : Cinema in Context / Keiko I. McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, Keiko I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Japan.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2005]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reading a Japanese Film, written by a pioneer of Japanese film studies in the United States, provides viewers new to Japanese cinema with the necessary tools to construct a deeper understanding of some of the most critically acclaimed and thoroughly entertaining films ever made. In her introduction, Keiko McDonald presents a historical overview and outlines a unified approach to film analysis. Sixteen "readings" of films currently available on DVD with English subtitles put theory into practice as she considers a wide range of work, from familiar classics by Ozu and Kurosawa to the films of a younger generation of directors.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Synergy of Theme, Style, and Dialogue: Kenji Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion (1936)

3. A Meiji Novel for the Screen: Shirö Toyoda's The Mistress (1954)

4. Period Film Par Excellence: Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy (1954-1956)

5. Simple Means for Complex Ends: Yasujirö Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959)

6. Eros, Politics, and Folk Religion: Kaneto Shindö's Onibaba (1963

7. The Age-Old Paradox of Innocence and Experience: Köhei Oguri's Muddy River (1981

8. Satire on the Family and Education in Postwar Japan: Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game (1983)

9. Defeat Revisited: Masahiro Shinoda's MacArthur's Children (1984)

10. Satire on Contemporary Japan: Jüzö Itami's A Taxing Woman (1987)

11. Animation Seminal and Influential: Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

12. Cultural Responses to Simplicity: Akira Kurosawa's Madadayo (1993)

13. The Danger and Allure of Phantom Light: Hirokazu Koreeda's Maboroshi (1995)

14. Stressed-Out Nineties Youth in Laid-Back Sixties Dress: Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1995)

15. Bittersweet Childhood: Yöichi Higashi's Village of Dreams (1996)

16. A Woman Director's Approach to the Country Family: Naomi Kawase's Suzaku (1997)

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824840372

0824840372

OCLC:

1013940358