Catherine Russell demystifies the canon of great Japanese cinema,
treating it with fewer auteurist and Orientalist assumptions than
many other scholars and critics. 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 Japanese cultural output. With a critical
approach that highlights the "everydayness" 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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