Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema / Tadao Sato ; translated by Brij Tankha ; edited by Aruna Vasudev & Latika Padgaonkar.
Sato, Tadao, 1930-
Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema / Tadao Sato ; translated by Brij Tankha ; edited by Aruna Vasudev & Latika Padgaonkar. - Oxford ; New York, NY : Berg, 2008. - 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes filmography (p. 183-188) and index.
1. Original Spirit -- 2. Encountering the New School Theatre -- 3. From New School Theatre to Naturalism-Realism -- 4. Social Realism -- 5. Fate of Matinee Idols -- 6. Art Imitates Life -- 7. Three Traditional Art Films (Geidomono) -- 8. Difficult Woman -- 9. Recreating the Classics -- 10. Last Works -- 11. Dialectic of Camera and Performance -- 12. Looking Up, Looking Down -- Mizoguchi's Filmography -- List of English and Original Titles of Films of Other Directors Cited in the Book.
A guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century - Kenji Mizoguchi. It discusses Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns.
9781847882318 9781847882301 1847882315 1847882307
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Motion picture producers and directors--Japan--Biography
PN1998.3 .M58 S2813 2008
Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema / Tadao Sato ; translated by Brij Tankha ; edited by Aruna Vasudev & Latika Padgaonkar. - Oxford ; New York, NY : Berg, 2008. - 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes filmography (p. 183-188) and index.
1. Original Spirit -- 2. Encountering the New School Theatre -- 3. From New School Theatre to Naturalism-Realism -- 4. Social Realism -- 5. Fate of Matinee Idols -- 6. Art Imitates Life -- 7. Three Traditional Art Films (Geidomono) -- 8. Difficult Woman -- 9. Recreating the Classics -- 10. Last Works -- 11. Dialectic of Camera and Performance -- 12. Looking Up, Looking Down -- Mizoguchi's Filmography -- List of English and Original Titles of Films of Other Directors Cited in the Book.
A guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century - Kenji Mizoguchi. It discusses Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns.
9781847882318 9781847882301 1847882315 1847882307
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Motion picture producers and directors--Japan--Biography
PN1998.3 .M58 S2813 2008