Picturing Japaneseness - Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film

Explores the role of 1930s Japanese cinema in the construction of a national identity and in the larger context of Japan's encounter-and struggle-with the West and modernity. Davis lends a new perspective to such celebrated films as Gate of Hell, Kagemusha, and Ran.

About the author

Darrell William Davis

Summary

Providing an historical and cultural exploration, this text demonstrates the role Japanese cinema played in the 1930s in the construction of a national identity, and in terms of the larger context of Japan's encounter with the West and with modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Darrell William Davis
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.1996
• EAN: 9780231102315
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10231-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Film and Culture Series; Film Culture; Film and Culture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries