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The Japanese Film : Art and Industry - Expanded Edition / Donald Richie, Joseph L. Anderson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691187464
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/0952 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.J3 A7 1982eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- table of contents -- list of plates -- Foreword -- Authors' Foreword -- part one: background -- 1. Slow Fade-in: 1896-1917 -- 2. Establishing shot: 1917-1923 -- 3. Wipe: 1923-1927 -- 4. Costume and property: 1927-1931 -- 5. The talkies, exterior: 1931-1939 -- 6. The talkies, interior: 1931-1939 (cont.) -- 7. Shooting script: 1939-1945 -- 8. Background projection: 1939-1945 (cont.) -- 9. New Sequence: 1945-1949 -- 10. Adaptation and atmosphere: 1949-1954 -- 11. Soft focus: 1954-1959 -- 12. Long-shot: 1954-1959. (cont.) -- part two: foreground -- 13. Content -- 14. Technique -- 15. Directors -- 16. Actors -- 17. Theaters and Audiences -- appendixes -- Appendix A. Second and Third Thoughts about the Japanese Film -- Appendix B. Terminal Essay -- Selected Bibliography: Japanese Language -- Selected Bibliography: Non-Japanese Language -- charts -- Chart 1. Directors as Pupils and Teachers -- Chart 2. Development of Major Companies -- index -- index
Summary: Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film. Now back in print with updated sections, major revaluations, a comprehensive international bibliography, and an exceptional collection of 168 stills ranging over eight decades, this book remains the unchallenged reference for all who seek a broad understanding of the aesthetic, historical, and economic elements of motion pictures from Japan.
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Frontmatter -- table of contents -- list of plates -- Foreword -- Authors' Foreword -- part one: background -- 1. Slow Fade-in: 1896-1917 -- 2. Establishing shot: 1917-1923 -- 3. Wipe: 1923-1927 -- 4. Costume and property: 1927-1931 -- 5. The talkies, exterior: 1931-1939 -- 6. The talkies, interior: 1931-1939 (cont.) -- 7. Shooting script: 1939-1945 -- 8. Background projection: 1939-1945 (cont.) -- 9. New Sequence: 1945-1949 -- 10. Adaptation and atmosphere: 1949-1954 -- 11. Soft focus: 1954-1959 -- 12. Long-shot: 1954-1959. (cont.) -- part two: foreground -- 13. Content -- 14. Technique -- 15. Directors -- 16. Actors -- 17. Theaters and Audiences -- appendixes -- Appendix A. Second and Third Thoughts about the Japanese Film -- Appendix B. Terminal Essay -- Selected Bibliography: Japanese Language -- Selected Bibliography: Non-Japanese Language -- charts -- Chart 1. Directors as Pupils and Teachers -- Chart 2. Development of Major Companies -- index -- index

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Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film. Now back in print with updated sections, major revaluations, a comprehensive international bibliography, and an exceptional collection of 168 stills ranging over eight decades, this book remains the unchallenged reference for all who seek a broad understanding of the aesthetic, historical, and economic elements of motion pictures from Japan.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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