00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612956061 Buklod 20190206092033.0 m q i ta 150818t20152015stka rbq |001 0|eng d 9780748683734 (hbk.) (iLib)UPD-00397767270 DLC DAC rda eng DMLUC PN 1993.5 J3 B55 2015 Bingham, Adam author. Contemporary Japanese cinema since Hana-bi Adam Bingham. Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2015] xii, 228 pages illustrations 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Traditions in world cinema Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213), filmography, and index. Introduction: Why 1997 and Hana-Bi? -- 1. Jidai-geki and Chambara: the samurai onscreen -- 2. Yakuza cinema -- 3. Japanese horror cinema -- 4. The changing Japanese family on film -- 5. Postmodernism and magic realism in contemporary Japanese cinema -- 6. Japanese documentary cinema: reality and its discontents -- 7. Modern Japanese female directors. "Yakuza, samurai and horror films have been some of the most popular genres in Japanese cinema over the last two decades, with a clearly defined generic lineage in the country's cinematic tradition. Studying these and other genres through a close analysis of their most representative films, this innovative study examines the way individual films have either adapted to or drawn away from their own genre conventions, or, in the case of 'magic realist' films, have introduced significant new developments which have little real precedent in Japanese filmmaking. With close textual analysis, this study looks at the prevalence of repetition and variation in these contemporary Japanese genres, offering for the first time in English an academic appreciation and overview of popular Japanese cinema in the new millennium. Look at the work of directors as varied as Kitano 'Beat' Takeshi and Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and films as iconic as Hana-Bi and The Bird People in China, this book provides an invaluable resource for film students and scholars alike."--Back cover. Kitano Takeshi 1947-. Kurosawa Kiyoshi 1955-. Miike Takashi 1960-. Motion pictures Japan History. Motion pictures. Japan. Traditions in world cinema. FO UPD DAC PN 1993 5 J3 B55 2015 Book