Introduction to Japanese Horror Film /

Introduction to Japanese Horror Film / / Colette Balmain.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624751');This book is a major historical and cultural overview of an increasingly popular genre. Starting with the cultural phenomenon of Godzilla, it explores the evolution of Japanese horror from the 1950s through to contemporary classics of Japa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Balmain, Colette,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 9 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note on Language
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Origins
  • 1 Laying the Foundations
  • 2 Horror after Hiroshima
  • 3 Edo Gothic: Deceitful Samurai and Wronged Women
  • 4 Ghosts of Desire: Kaidan pinku eiga
  • Part 2: Genre
  • 5 The Rape-Revenge Film: From Violation to Vengeance
  • 6 Zombies, Cannibals and the Living Dead
  • 7 Haunted Houses and Family Melodramas
  • 8 Serial Killers and Slashers Japanese-Style
  • 9 Techno-Horror and Urban Alienation
  • Conclusion
  • Select Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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