A HUNDRED YEARS OF JAPANESE FILM: A CONCISE HISTORY, WITH A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO VIDEOS AND DVDS

RICHIE, Donald, Paul Schrader [Fore.]

ISBN 10: 477002682X / ISBN 13: 9784770026828

Published by Kodansha International, 2001

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8vo. pp 311, [1]. Colour illustrated dust jacket with red and white lettering. Publisher's textured grey boards lettered in black at front and spine. Illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 477002682X Very good indeed, a little rubbed at foot of spine. In very good dust jacket, lettering slightly sunned at spine with some light surface marking at rear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A HUNDRED YEARS OF JAPANESE FILM: A CONCISE HISTORY, WITH A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO VIDEOS AND DVDS
• Publisher: Kodansha International
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 477002682X
• ISBN 13: 9784770026828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In A Hundred Years of Japanese Films, Richie offers an insider's look at the achievements of Japanese filmmakers. He begins in the late 1800s, when the industry took its inspiration from the traditional stories of Kabuki and Noh theater, and finishes in the present with the latest award-winning dramas showcased at Cannes.

In between, Richie explores the roots of Japan's contribution to world cinema. He discusses the careers of Japan's rising stars and celebrated directors, and also offers a fascinating view of the strategies and politics of the movie studios themselves.

A selective guide in the book's second part provides capsule reviews of the major Japanese films available in VHS and DVD formats, as well as those televised on standard and cable channels.

About the Author

DONALD RICHIE is the author of over a dozen books on Japanese film and culture, including the films of Akira Kurosawa and Ozu. He coauthored a long-standing text, The Japanese Film (revised in 1982), with Joseph Anderson, and has written or edited a number of other publications, among them the English screenplays of The Seven Samurai and Rashomon.

PAUL SCHRADER, who contributed the foreword to this book, is an established Hollywood director, who broke into film with the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. He has directed various hit movies, including Affliction (with Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe), American Gigolo (with Richard Gere), Light of Day (with Michael J. Fox), and Cat People. Among his numerous screenplays are Ringing Out the Dead (with Nicolas Cage), The Mosquito Coast, and The Last Temptation of Christ.