Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema
By: Tadao Sato ; translated by Brij Tankha ; edited by Aruna Vasudev & Latika Padgaonkar.
Contributors: Vasudev, Aruna.; Padgaonkar, Latika.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781847882318; 9781847882301
Subjects: Mizoguchi, Kenji, -- 1898-1956; Motion picture producers and directors -- Japan -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Mizoguchi Kenji no sekai.
Description: "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." "The book tells the full story of this famously perfectionist, even tyrannical, director. Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns are all discussed and set in the context of Japan's changing popular and political culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.