What is Japanese cinema? : a history /

"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. Di...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Yomota, Inuhiko, 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kaffen, Phil (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Japanisch
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press [2019]
Online-Zugang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/yomo19162
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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 amid steady decline: 1961-1970
  • Decline and torpor: 1971-1980
  • The collapse of the studio system: 1981-1990
  • The indies start to flourish: 1991-2000
  • Within a production bubble: 2001-2011.