Kurosawa

This work will become not only the newly definitive study of Kurosawa, but will redefine the field of Japanese cinema studies, particularly as the field exists in the west.

About the author

Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto is Associate Professor of Japanese, Cinema, and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

Summary

The films of Akira Kurosawa have had an immense effect on the way the Japanese have viewed themselves as a nation and on the way the West has viewed Japan. This title analyses Kurosawa's entire body of work, from 1943's Sanshiro Sugata to 1993's Madadayo.

Product details

• Authors: Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous