Description
Book SynopsisBuilding on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first instalment of Directory of World Cinema: Japan, this volume continues the exploration of the enduring classics, cult favourites and contemporary blockbusters of Japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and film scholars. Among the additions to this volume are in-depth treatments of two previously unexplored genres – youth cinema and films depicting lower-class settings – considered alongside discussions of popular narrative forms, including J-Horror, samurai cinema, anime and the Japanese New Wave.
Accompanying the critical essays in this volume are more than 150 new film reviews, complemented by full-colour film stills, and significantly expanded references for further study. From the Golden Age to the film festival favourites of today, Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2 completes this comprehensive treatment of a consistently fascinating national cinema.
Table of ContentsFilm of the Year
Sawako Decides
Festival Focus
JAPAN CUTS
Industry Spotlight
Interview with John Williams
Cultural Crossover
Japanese Cinema and Bunraku Puppetry
Japanese Cinema and Photography
Scoring Cinema
Kikujiro
Stardom and Cinema
Kinuyo Tanaka
Directors
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Tetsuya Nakashima
Naoko Ogigami
Hiroshi Shimizu
Shuji Terayama
Alternative Japan
Anime / Animation
Chambara / Samurai Cinema
Contemporary Blockbusters
J-Horror / Japanese Horror
Jidai-geki / Period Drama
Nuberu bagu/ The Japanese New Wave
Seishun eiga / Japanese Youth Cinema
Shomin-geki / Lower Class Life
Yakuza / Gangster
