While most people associate Japanese film with modern directors
like Akira Kurosawa, Japan's cinema has a rich tradition going back
to the silent era. Japan's "pure film movement" of the 1910s is
widely held to mark the birth of film theory as we know it and is a
touchstone for historians of early cinema. Yet this work has been
difficult to access because so few prints have been preserved.
Joanne Bernardi offers the first book-length study of this
important era, recovering a body of lost film and establishing its
significance in the development of Japanese cinema. Building on a
wealth of original-language sources -- much of it translated here
for the first time -- she examines how the movement challenged the
industry's dependence on pre-existing stage repertories, preference
for lecturers over intertitles, and the use of female
impersonators.
Bernardi provides in-depth analysis of key scripts -- The Glory
of Life, A Father's Tears, Amateur Club, and The Lust of the White
Serpent -- and includes translations in an appendix. These films
offer case studies for understanding the craft of screenwriting
during the silent era and shed light on such issues as genre,
authorship and control, and gender representation.
"Writing in Light helps fill important gaps in the history of
Japanese silent cinema. By identifying points at which "pure film"
discourse merges with changing international trends and attitudes
toward film, it offers an important resource for film, literary,
and cultural historians.
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