One of the most well regarded of non-Western film directors, responsible for acknowledged classics like Tokyo Story (1953), Ozu Yasujiro worked during a period of immense turbulence for Japan and its population. This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and economic resurgence. Firmly situating him within the context of the Japanese film industry, Woojeong Joo examines Ozu's work as a studio director and his relation to sound cinema, and looks in-depth at his wartime experiences and his adaptation to postwar Japanese society. Drawing on Japanese materials not previously examined in western scholarship, this is a groundbreaking new study of a master of cinema.
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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN-13
9780748696321
eBay Product ID (ePID)
233874773
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday
Author
Woojeong Joo
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Woojeong Joo
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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