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Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema
Tadao Sato
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Description for Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema
Hardback. A guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century - Kenji Mizoguchi. It discusses Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns. Editor(s): Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika. Translator(s): Tankha, Brij. Num Pages: 259 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFB; HBJF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters - together with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa - of Japanese cinema. Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century.Born at the end of the nineteenth century into a wealthy family, Mizoguchi's early life influenced the themes he would take up in his work. His father's ambitious business ventures failed and the family fell into poverty. His mother died and his elder sister was obliged to enter a geisha house to support ... Read more
Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters - together with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa - of Japanese cinema. Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century.Born at the end of the nineteenth century into a wealthy family, Mizoguchi's early life influenced the themes he would take up in his work. His father's ambitious business ventures failed and the family fell into poverty. His mother died and his elder sister was obliged to enter a geisha house to support ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
259
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847882318
SKU
V9781847882318
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About Tadao Sato
Tadao Sato is one of Japan's most prestigious film critics. He has written on many of the great masters of Japanese cinema - Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Nagisa Oshima, Shohei Imamura - as well as on Asian and global cinema more generally. He is currently the President of the Japan Academy of Moving Images. Edited by Aruna Vasudev and Latika ... Read more
Reviews for Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema
'Kenji Mizoguchi was unquestionably one of the very greatest of all film-makers and now at last there is a book in English from a distinguished Japanese critic that tells us why. Few in the West have seen so many Mizoguchi films as Tadao Sato, nor studied them so deeply and with such sympathy. This is an invaluable book about a ... Read more