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Book SynopsisJapanese Horror Cinema is a much-needed critical introduction to some of the most important Japanese horror films produced over the last fifty years and provides an insightful examination of the tradition's most significant trends and themes.
Trade ReviewThis is a well written, deeply thought out publication. -- Bone Digger Horror News This is a well written, deeply thought out publication.
Table of ContentsPreface by Christopher Sharrett; I. Introduction; Introduction: recent trends in Japanese horror cinema - Jay McRoy; II. History, tradition, and Japanese horror cinema; Section introduction; 1. Traditional Japanese theatre and the contemporary horror film - Richard Hand; 2. Uncanny adaptations: the case of Rampo Edogawa - Ruth Goldberg; 3. Cultural transformation and body horror in Japanese cinema - Jay McRoy; 4. Case Study #1: Nakata Hideo's Ring - Eric White; III. The "avenging spirit" motif and Japanese horror cinema; Section introduction; 5. Japanese horror under western eyes: the female avenger - Steffen Hantke; 6. Transforming femininity in Japanese horror cinema - Christopher Bolton; 7. Case Study #2: Ishii Takashi's Freeze Me and the rape-revenge film - Frank Lafond; IV. National anxieties and cultural fears in Japanese horror cinema; Section introduction; 8. Japanese 'Gothic' horror on film - Gary Needham; 9. US/UK horror fans and the international value of Japanese horror cinema - Matt Hills; 10. Case Study #3: Fukusaku Kinji's Battle Royale - Tony Williams;; V. Technology and the body in Japanese horror cinema; Section introduction; 11. Metal-morphosis and the tormented body in the Tetsuo films - Ian Conrich; 12. Acoustic atmospherics in Yoshida Yoshishige's Onimaru - Philip Brophy; 13. Pinnochio 964, Death Powder and 'the new flesh' - Graham Lewis; 14. Case Study #4: Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Pulse - Steven Jay Schneider; Appendices; A. Takeshi the killer: an interview with Miike Takashi - Xavier Mendik; B. Filmography (including details re: production, format and current availability in the US and UK) - Jay McRoy & Gareth Evans.
