What is Japanese cinema? : a history / Yomota Inuhiko ; translated by Philip Kaffen.
What is Japanese cinema? : a history / Yomota Inuhiko ; translated by Philip Kaffen.
What is Japanese cinema? : a history / Yomota Inuhiko ; translated by Philip Kaffen.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/1961
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English
Japanese
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Physical content
xviii, 228 pages illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 ami...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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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...
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What is Japanese cinema? : a history / Yomota Inuhiko ; translated by Philip Kaffen.
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"Originally published in the Japanese as Nihon eigash 110 nen (Tokyo: Shueisha, 2014)."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
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Translated from the Japanese.
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G 2019/1961
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74VKVBo4D5m3
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ISBN
9780231191623 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231191626 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780231191630 (paperback ; alk. paper)
0231191634 (paperback ; alk. paper)
DDC
791.430952
MMS ID
991024241609702626
