Japanese cinema : a personal journey / Peter Cowie
2022, First Edition. Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #437448
ISBN: 9781611720754
Physical description; 208 p. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index. Contents; The Samurai world: Akira Kurosawa -- The need for compassion: Kenji Mizoguchi -- Women in the floating world: Hiroshi Shimizu, Mikio Naruse & Keisuke Kinoshita -- Harmony and disharmony: Yasujiro Ozu -- The art of appearances: Kon Ichikawa -- The shadow of war: from Kinoshita to Kobayashi -- The shock of the 1960s: Nagisa Oshima, Masahiro Shinoda & Hiroshi Teshigahara -- Period of transition: Juzo Itami, Naomi Kawase & Hirokazu Kore-eda -- The animator as auteur: Hayao Miyazaki -- Conclusion. Subjects; Koreeda, Hirokazu 1962-. Kobayashi, Masaki 1916-1996. Teshigahara, Hiroshi. Itami, J z 1933-1997. Kawase, Naomi. Shinoda, Masahiro 1931-. Ichikawa, Kon 1915-2008. shima, Nagisa 1932-2013. Naruse, Mikio 1905-1969. Kinoshita, Keisuke 1912-1998. Ozu, Yasujir 1903-1963. Shimizu, Hiroshi 1903-1966. Kurosawa, Akira 1910-1998. Miyazaki, Hayao 1941-. Mizoguchi, Kenji 1898-1956. Teshigahara, Hiroshi.
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