Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3

Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3Back for a second encore following the success of the first two instalments, this volume takes as its subject not the genres or movements that constitute the cinema of the Land of the Rising Sun but the filmmakers themselves. Focusing entirely on directors, the contributors here offer over forty essays on key Japanese auteurs, ranging from the Golden Age to the New Wave to the present day, with inclusion of trend setting and taboo breaking genre

broke box office records

and the electronic reader

curators and art enthusiasts alike

A three-volume project tracing key critical positions

The authors ask

extending from the late 1960s to the present day

Holmes’ reputation as a detective is unparalleled

as well as Greece

with both digital and FM making significant use of new technologies

the contributors focus on specific periods and trace the evolutions of individual genres and directors

memoir and critique

Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry