S. A. Thornton

The Japanese Period Film

A Critical Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

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 how 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. The final section of the book contains chapters that focus on the narrative in Japanese epic, religion, theater, and modern popular literature. A complete filmography and bibliography are included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780786431366
• ISBN-10: 0786431369
• Artikelnr.: 23017036

Autorenporträt

S.A. Thornton is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Donald Richie     
Introduction    
PART ONE: THE NARRATIVE SET IN THE PAST
1. The Japanese Period Film     
2. The Japanese Period Piece     
3. The Japanese Hero     
4. Sixteenth Century Japan in Film     
5. The Yakuza Film     
PART TWO: REALISM IN THE NARRATIVE
6. The Shinkokugeki and the Zenshinza: Western Representational Realism and
the Japanese Period Film     
7. Historical Realism     
8. From Stage Realism to Film Realism     
PART THREE: THE SCENE IN JAPANESE NARRATIVE
9. Thematic Composition, Formulaic Diction and Cinema     
10. The Japanese Epic as Buddhist Sermon     
11. Thematic Composition in the Japanese Epic: On the Type Scene     
12. Traditional Narrative and Yamada YÉji     
Chapter Notes     
Filmography     
Bibliography     
Index