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Zusatztext "A ground-breaking and original work written with considerable expertise, A New History of Japanese Cinema is enhanced with a section of "Reflections," extensive notations, a "Select Filmograpy," a "Select Bibliography," and an exhaustive index, making it especially recommended for academic library Cinematic Studies and Japanese Popular Culture reference collections and supplemental reading lists." -The Midwest Book Review, June 2005 Informationen zum Autor Isolde Standish is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at SOAS, University of London. Klappentext Presents the history of Japanese cinema which has had an international influence. Drawing upon Japanese film scholarship that has never been published outside Japan, this book provides a chronological survey of a range of films and sheds light on films and directors that are not so famous on the international stage, as well as on those who are. Zusammenfassung Presents the history of Japanese cinema which has had an international influence. Drawing upon Japanese film scholarship that has never been published outside Japan, this book provides a chronological survey of a range of films and sheds light on films and directors that are not so famous on the international stage, as well as on those who are. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsNotes on TranslationsIntroductionChapter One-Cinema, Modernity and the Shôchiku Tokyo StudiosChapter Two-Cinema and NationalismChapter Three-Cinema and the StateChapter Four-Cinema and HumanismChapter Five-Cinema and TransgressionChapter Six-Genres and Gender Reflections
