Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi / / Adam Bingham.

Updates the story of Japanese cinema for the 21st centuryYakuza, 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 genres through a close an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2015
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • NOTE AND GLOSSARY
  • TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA
  • INTRODUCTION: WHY 1997 AND HANA-BI?
  • 1. JIDAI-GEKI AND CHAMBARA: THE SAMURAI ONSCREEN
  • 2. YAKUZA CINEMA
  • 3. JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA
  • 4. THE CHANGING JAPANESE FAMILY ON FILM
  • 5. POSTMODERNISM AND MAGIC REALISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CINEMA
  • 6. JAPANESE DOCUMENTARY CINEMA: REALITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
  • 7. MODERN JAPANESE FEMALE DIRECTORS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • SELECT FILMOGRAPHY
  • INDEX