Reading a Japanese Film

Cinema in Context

• Author(s): Keiko I. McDonald,
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 082482993X
  ISBN_13: 9780824829933
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Drama / Asian / General ,

Description:... Reading a Japanese Film, written by a pioneer of Japanese film studies in the United States, provides viewers new to Japanese cinema with the necessary tools to construct a deeper understanding of some of the most critically acclaimed and thoroughly entertaining films ever made. In her introduction, Keiko McDonald presents a historical overview and outlines a unified approach to film analysis. Sixteen "readings" of films currently available on DVD with English subtitles put theory into practice as she considers a wide range of work, from familiar classics by Ozu and Kurosawa to the films of a younger generation of directors.