This study examines the history of the Japanese period film and
proposes that a powerful relationship exists between the past and
present in Japan's narrative tradition. The first section of the
book analyzes the form and function of the Japanese period film,
describing the unique iconography and characteristics of films set
in the past. The author also examines the ways in which the period
film has allowed Japanese filmmakers to circumvent government
censorship by serving as a rhetorical device with which they can
explore contemporary concerns through a criticism of the past.
Although the book is primarily focused on the Japanese period film,
the final section of the book contains several stand-alone essays
which focus on the narrative in Japanese epic, religion, theater,
and modern popular literature.
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