Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi

by Adam Bingham

Book Overview

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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748683739
• ISBN13: 9780748683734
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"