Author:
McDonald, Keiko I.
Imprint:Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2006.
Descriptionix, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Synergy of theme, style, and dialogue : Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion (1936). - More about dream, song, and symbol : Kurosawa's The drunken angel (1948). - A Meiji novel for the screen : Toyoda's The mistress (1954). - Period film par excellence : Inagaki's samurai trilogy (Musashi Miyamoto, 1954-56). - Master of simplicity moving hearts to pity : Ozu's Drifting weeds (1959). - Eros, politics, and folk religion : Shindo's Onibaba (1963). - The age-old paradox of innocence and experience : Oguri's Muddy river (1981). - Satire on the family and education in postwar Japan : Morita's The family game (1983). - Defeat revisited : Shinoda's MacArthur's children (1984). - Satire on contemporary Japan : Itami's A taxing woman (1987). - Seminal animation film : Miyazaki's My neighbor Totoro (1988). - Cultural responses to simplicity : Kurosawa's Madadayo (1993). - The danger and allure of phantom light : Koreeda's Mabaroshi (1995). - Stressed-out nineties youth in laid-back sixties dress : Kitano's Kids return (1995). - Bitter sweet childhood : Yoichi Higashi's Village of dreams (1996). - A woman director's approach to the country family : Kawase's Suzaku (1997).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-292) and index.
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