{"product_id":"my-life-as-a-filmmaker-9780472073337","title":"My Life as a Filmmaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his posthumous autobiography, \u003cem\u003eWatakushi no eiga jinsei\u003c\/em\u003e (1984), Yamamoto reflects on his career and legacy: beginning in the prewar days as an assistant director under the master Naruse Mikio, to his wide-ranging experiences as a filmmaker, including his struggles as an independent filmmaker in the 1950s and 1960s before returning to work within the mainstream industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChang’s translation of the filmmaker’s autobiography, \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Filmmaker\u003c\/i\u003e, is masterfully done. Chang has a strong reputation in the field for introducing many important Japanese literary, cultural, and historical works to the English-language world. This will be another important, though less well-known, work to give us not only a better appreciation of one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers but also a deeper understanding of postwar Japanese film and cultural history.\"\" - Poshek Fu, University of Illinois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A magnificent memoir magnificently told.  Film world: Stand up and take notice!\"\" - Roger Pulvers","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037117546839,"sku":"9780472073337","price":79.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-life-as-a-filmmaker-9780472073337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}