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Film scholars often think of movies as cultural mirrors, reflections of their audience's dreams and beliefs. But in this accessible and absorbing book, Darrell William Davis argues that movies can also be an active force, contributing to and even helping to create a nation's sense of its own identity. Concentrating on the Japanese cinema of the 1930s and '40s, particularly on early works by the great director Kenji Mizoguchi, Davis shows how these movies distinguished Japanese culture from all others. Here, Davis argues, were a group of distinctly Eastern craftsmen who created a nationalistic art out of an essentially Western medium. This book provides an excellent and compelling analysis of the cinema, culture, and politics of Japan.
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An ambitious attempt to place . . . [jidaigeki or historical drama] in their social and political context. In doing so, [Davis] explores the importance of these films in forging a national identity. . . . A thought-provoking study designed for a broad audience ranging from film scholars to historians of Japanese culture. -- Review
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In the last decade or so the subject of Japanese identity has spawned a virtual cottage industry of speculations, research projects, and academic debate on both sides of the Pacific. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
objectified spectatorship, rekishi eiga, kokusaku films, jidai geki, plan japonais, kabuki films, kabuki family, monumental style, kokutai ideology, monumental films, new daimyo, stylistic complexes, reflectionist model, royal code, film law, tea cult, shot scale, samurai films, noh performance, national cinema, melodramatic mode, collective compositions, dialogic model, film movement, shadow warrior Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Genroku Cbusbingura, Kawakita Memorial Film Archives, New York, Gate of Hell, World War, Home Ministry, Period Filet, Genroku Chushingura, Kawanakajima Kassen, Lady Asano, Imperial Japan, Japan Times, Kinugasa Teinosuke, Mori Ogai, Shochiku Company, Shogun Iemitsu, Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, Abe Ichizoku, Genroku Cbushingura, Lord Asano, Patterns of Time, Tange Sazen, Toho Company, Abe Icbizoku, Abe Yaichiemon New!
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In the last decade or so the subject of Japanese identity has spawned a virtual cottage industry of speculations, research projects, and academic debate on both sides of the Pacific. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
objectified spectatorship, rekishi eiga, kokusaku films, jidai geki, plan japonais, kabuki films, kabuki family, monumental style, kokutai ideology, monumental films, new daimyo, stylistic complexes, reflectionist model, royal code, film law, tea cult, shot scale, samurai films, noh performance, national cinema, melodramatic mode, collective compositions, dialogic model, film movement, shadow warrior Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Genroku Cbusbingura, Kawakita Memorial Film Archives, New York, Gate of Hell, World War, Home Ministry, Period Filet, Genroku Chushingura, Kawanakajima Kassen, Lady Asano, Imperial Japan, Japan Times, Kinugasa Teinosuke, Mori Ogai, Shochiku Company, Shogun Iemitsu, Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, Abe Ichizoku, Genroku Cbushingura, Lord Asano, Patterns of Time, Tange Sazen, Toho Company, Abe Icbizoku, Abe Yaichiemon New!
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