Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema

by Jasper Sharp

The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century. Japanese cinema's long history of production and considerable output has seen films made in a variety of genres, including melodramas, romances, gangster movies, samurai movies, musicals, horror films, and monster films. It has also produced some of the most famous names in the history of cinema: Akira...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810857952
• ISBN13: 9780810857957
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"