Reading a Japanese Film
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Reading a Japanese Film

Cinema in Context

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Reading a Japanese Film

Cinema in Context

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780824840372
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. Synergy of Theme, Style, and Dialogue: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sisters of the Gion (1936)
  6. 3. A Meiji Novel for the Screen: Shirö Toyoda’s The Mistress (1954)
  7. 4. Period Film Par Excellence: Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy (1954–1956)
  8. 5. Simple Means for Complex Ends: Yasujirö Ozu’s Floating Weeds (1959)
  9. 6. Eros, Politics, and Folk Religion: Kaneto Shindö’s Onibaba (1963
  10. 7. The Age-Old Paradox of Innocence and Experience: Köhei Oguri’s Muddy River (1981
  11. 8. Satire on the Family and Education in Postwar Japan: Yoshimitsu Morita’s The Family Game (1983)
  12. 9. Defeat Revisited: Masahiro Shinoda’s MacArthur’s Children (1984)
  13. 10. Satire on Contemporary Japan: JĂŒzö Itami’s A Taxing Woman (1987)
  14. 11. Animation Seminal and Influential: Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  15. 12. Cultural Responses to Simplicity: Akira Kurosawa’s Madadayo (1993)
  16. 13. The Danger and Allure of Phantom Light: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Maboroshi (1995)
  17. 14. Stressed-Out Nineties Youth in Laid-Back Sixties Dress: Takeshi Kitano’s Kids Return (1995)
  18. 15. Bittersweet Childhood: Yöichi Higashi’s Village of Dreams (1996)
  19. 16. A Woman Director’s Approach to the Country Family: Naomi Kawase’s Suzaku (1997)
  20. Notes
  21. Selected Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. About the Author