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Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited (Paperback)
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Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited (Paperback)
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Catherine Russell's highly accessible book approaches Japanese
cinema as an industry closely modeled on Hollywood, focusing on the
classical period - those years in which the studio system dominated
all film production in Japan, from roughly 1930 to 1960. Respectful
and thoroughly informed about the aesthetics and critical values of
the Japanese canon, Russell is also critical of some of its
ideological tendencies, and her analyses provide new insights on
class and gender dynamics. Russell demonstrates how Japanese
classical cinema has had enormous influence on other Asian cinemas,
especially in TV broadcast form, and she highlights the importance
of the accounting for the industrial production context when
discussing these films. Including studies of landmark films by Ozu,
Kurosawa and other directors, this book provides a perfect
introduction to a crucial and often misunderstood area of Japanese
cultural output. With a critical approach that highlights the
everydaynessA" of Japanese studio-era cinema, Catherine Russell
demystifies the canon of great Japanese cinema, treating it with
fewer auteurist and Orientalist assumptions than many other
scholars and critics.
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