A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos
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Rather than take any of the conventional approaches to a history of Japanese cinema, Richie, a former curator of film at the New York Museum of Modern art and specialist on Japan, adopts a more eclectic method, less concerned with any single theory, to follow the mechanics of cause and effect. Film arrived in 1896 as a commercial product, he argues, borrowed fully developed from European and American models. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Persimmon "[Richie's] awareness of various film theories and criticism, and his sensitivity to historical specificity and to new trends in Japanese film, make this book an extremely inspiring one."
Foreword7Introduction9IA Concise History of Japanese Film1Beginnings and the Benshi17Film, Theater, and Actors22Realism and Reality25Western Influences27Shingeki and New Narrative Tactics29The Gendaigeki322Taisho Democracy and Shochiku43The New Gendaigeki: Shimazu, Gosho, Shimizu, Ozu, and Naruse46The New Jidaigeki: Inagaki, Ito, and Yamanaka Sadao64Nikkatsu and the Shimpa: Mizoguchi Kenji77Expressionism, Kinugasa Teinosuke, and the Leftist Film84Criticism and Crackdown: World War II963The Occupation of Japan107Postwar Developments115Ozu and Naruse119Mizoguchi and the Period-Film129New Means: Jun-bungaku, Comedy, and Social Issues1344The Advent of Television and the Film's Defenses: Suzuki, Nakahira, Kawashima, and Imamura177The Early Independents: Hani and Teshigahara192The "New Wave": Oshima, Yoshida, and Shinoda196After the Wave2085Making Audiences213The New Independents216Documentary and Anime243Conclusion253IIA Selective Guide to Videos and DVDsIntroduction257Listings259Japanese Sources of Videos and DVDs288Japanese Historical Periods289Notes290Glossary296Bibliography299Index302
