Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context 9780824840372

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Table of contents :
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
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