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Akira Kurosawa and Modern Japan (Paperback)
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Akira Kurosawa and Modern Japan (Paperback)
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The samurai films of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa are
set in the past, but they tell us much about the present, as do his
crime stories, romances, military films, medical dramas and art
films. His movies are beloved for their ageless protagonists and
haunting vistas of old Japan, but we haven't yet fully grasped
everything they can teach us about modern Japan. This detailed
study of all 30 of Kurosawa's films analyzes the links between the
thrilling narratives onscreen and the equally remarkable events
that occurred in Japan over his long, productive career. Kurosawa's
films evolved as Japan redefined and reinvented itself, from films
made for Japan's wartime regime to those made amid the trials of
American occupation. Could we change that sentence to the
following?: Kurosawa's films also include lavish epics from the
"economic miracle" years and searching masterpieces he made with
international assistance. This book explores how Kurosawa's
classics depict the political, economic, cultural, sexual and
environmental upheavals of a nation at the center of a turbulent
century, whether directly or through period-piece mythmaking.
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