Japanese Horror Cinema / / Jay McRoy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: McRoy, Jay,
• MitwirkendeR: Bolton, Christopher,; Brophy, Philip,; Conrich, Ian,; Evans, Gareth,; Goldberg, Ruth,; Hand, Richard J.,; Hantke, Steffen,; Hills, Matt,; Lafond, Frank,; Lewis, Graham,; McRoy, Jay,; Sharrett, Christopher,; White, Eric,; Williams, Tony,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619955);A much-needed critical introduction to some of the most important Japanese horror films produced over the last fifty years, Japanese Horror Cinema provides an insightful examination of the tradition's most significant trends and themes. The book examines the genre's dominant aesthetic, cultural, political and technological underpinnings, and individual chapters address key topics such as: the debt Japanese horror films owe to various Japanese theatrical and literary traditions; the popular 'avenging spirit' motif; the impact of atomic warfare, rapid industrialisation and apocalyptic rhetoric on Japanese visual culture; the extents to which changes in the economic and social climate inform representations of monstrosity and gender; the influence of recent shifts in audience demographics; and the developing relations (and contestations) between Japanese and 'Western' (Anglo-American and European) horror film tropes and traditions. Extensive coverage of the central thematic concerns and stylistic traits of Japanese horror cinema makes this volume an indispensable text for a myriad of film and cultural studies courses.Key FeaturesIncludes a preface by Christopher SharrettEach chapter covers a fundamental aspect of Japanese horror cinema and is written by an expert in the fieldCase studies include internationally renowned films such as Nakata Hideo's Ringu, Ishii Takashi's Freeze Me and Fukasaku Kinji's Battle RoyaleAppendices feature an interview with maverick filmmaker Miike Takashi and a filmography of Japanese horror films currently available in the UK and US."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE: JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I HISTORY, TRADITION AND JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. AESTHETICS OF CRUELTY: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE THEATRE AND THE HORROR FILM -- 2. THE NIGHTMARE OF ROMANTIC PASSION IN THREE CLASSIC JAPANESE HORROR FILMS -- 3. CASE STUDY: NAKATA HIDEO’S RINGU AND RINGU 2 -- PART 2 GENDER, TERROR AND THE ‘AVENGING SPIRIT’ MOTIF IN JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA -- INTRODUCTION -- 4. JAPANESE HORROR UNDER WESTERN EYES: SOCIAL CLASS AND GLOBAL CULTURE IN MIIKE TAKASHI’S AUDITION -- 5. ANIME HORROR AND ITS AUDIENCE: 3X3 EYES AND VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU -- 6. CASE STUDY: ISHII TAKASHI’S FREEZE ME AND THE RAPE-REVENGE FILM -- PART 3 NATIONAL ANXIETIES AND CULTURAL FEARS IN JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA -- INTRODUCTION -- 7. METAL-MORPHOSIS: POSTINDUSTRIAL CRISIS AND THE TORMENTED BODY IN THE TETSUO FILMS -- 8. CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION, CORPOREAL PROHIBITIONS AND BODY HORROR IN SATO HISAYASU’S NAKED BLOOD -- 9. PINNOCHIO 964, DEATH POWDER AND THE POST-HUMAN CONDITION -- 10. CASE STUDY: BATTLE ROYALE’S APOCALYPTIC MILLENNIAL WARNING1 -- PART 4 JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA AND THE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF FEAR -- INTRODUCTION -- 11. ARASHI GA OKA (ONIMARU): THE SOUND OF THE WORLD TURNED INSIDE OUT -- 12. RINGING THE CHANGES: CULT DISTINCTIONS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN US FANS’ READINGS OF JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA -- 13. CASE STUDY: CINEMATIC HYBRIDITY IN SHIMIZU TAKASHI’S JU-ON: THE GRUDGE -- FILMOGRAPHY: JAPANESE HORROR FILMS AND THEIR DVD AVAILABILITY IN THE UK AND US -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX