Contemporary Japanese cinema since Hana-bi

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Label

Contemporary Japanese cinema since Hana-bi

Statement of responsibility

Adam Bingham

Creator

• Bingham, Adam

Author

• Bingham, Adam

Subject

• Motion pictures -- Japan -- History

Language

eng

Summary

"Yakuza, samurai and horror films have been some of the most popular genres in Japanese cinema over the last two decades, with a clearly defined generic lineage in the country's cinematic tradition. Studying these and other genres through a close analysis of their most representative films, this innovative study examines the way individual films have either adapted to or drawn away from their own genre conventions, or, in the case of 'magic realist' films, have introduced significant new developments which have little real precedent in Japanese filmmaking. With close textual analysis, this study looks at the prevalence of repetition and variation in these contemporary Japanese genres, offering for the first time in English an academic appreciation and overview of popular Japanese cinema in the new millennium. Look at the work of directors as varied as Kitano 'Beat' Takeshi and Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and films as iconic as Hana-Bi and The Bird People in China, this book provides an invaluable resource for film students and scholars alike." -- Back cover

Member of

• Traditions in world cinema

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

791.4/3/0952

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1993.5.J3

LC item number

B56 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• filmographies

Series statement

Traditions in world cinema