Samurai Shakespeare: Past and Future Japan in Theatre and Film

by Graham Holderness

This highly original new book by a leading Shakespeare expert and cultural critic argues controversially that the 'samurai Shakespeare' of the Japanese cinematic and theatrical masterpiece-makers Akira Kurosawa and Yukio Ninagawa represents the greatest achievement of Japanese Shakespeare reproduction. Holderness argues that 'samurai Shakespeare' is both consistent with our own western engagement with Japan, and true to the spirit of Japanese culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913087190
• ISBN13: 9781913087197
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Edward Everett Root
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"