Of all the world s cinemas, Japan's is perhaps unique in its
closeness to the nation's literature, past and contemporary. The
Western world became aware of this when Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon
was awarded the Grand Prize at the Venice film festival in 1951 and
the Oscar for best foreign film in 1952. More recent examples
include Shohei Imamura's Eel, which won the Palm d'Or (Best
Picture) at Cannes in 1997.
From Book to Screen breaks new ground by exploring important
connections between Japan's modern literary tradition and its
national cinema. The first part offers an historical and cultural
overview of the working relationship that developed between pure
literature and film. It deals with three important periods in which
filmmakers relied most heavily on literary works for enriching and
developing cinematic art. The second part provides detailed
analyses of a dozen literary works and their screen adoptions.
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