Censorship of Japanese films during the U.S. occupation of Japan
Subtitle: the cases of Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa
By: Lars-Martin Sorensen ; with a foreword by Stephen Prince.
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780773446731
Subjects: Ozu, Yasujirō, -- 1903-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation; Kurosawa, Akira, -- 1910-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation; Motion pictures -- Japan -- History -- 20th century; Motion pictures -- Censorship -- Japan -- History -- 20th century; Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Framing the occupied mindset: the core audience; title: Players in the arena of censorship; title: Directing the national family: the occupation films of Yasujiro Ozu; title: No regrets for whose youth?: the occupation films of Akira Kurosawa; title: Narrowing the concentric circles: results and perspectives.