The Japanese Period Film

"This study examines the history of the Japanese period film and proposes that a powerful relationship exists between the past and present in Japan's narrative tradition. The book is focused on the Japanese period film, the book contains stand-alone essays which focus on the narrative in Japanese epic, religion, theater, and modern popular literature"--Provided by publisher.

Autorentext
S.A. Thornton is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University.

Zusammenfassung
Examining the history of the Japanese period film, this book's first section analyzes the form and function of the Japanese period film, describing the iconography and characteristics of films set in the past. Its final section contains several essays which focus on the narrative in Japanese epic, religion, theater, and popular literature.

Inhalt
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Donald Richie
Introduction

PART ONE: THE NARRATIVE SET IN THE PAST
1. The Japanese Period Film
2. The Japanese Period Piece
3. The Japanese Hero
4. Sixteenth Century Japan in Film
5. The Yakuza Film

PART TWO: REALISM IN THE NARRATIVE
6. The Shinkokugeki and the Zenshinza: Western Representational Realism and the Japanese Period Film
7. Historical Realism
8. From Stage Realism to Film Realism

PART THREE: THE SCENE IN JAPANESE NARRATIVE
9. Thematic Composition, Formulaic Diction and Cinema
10. The Japanese Epic as Buddhist Sermon
11. Thematic Composition in the Japanese Epic: On the Type Scene
12. Traditional Narrative and Yamada YÉji

Chapter Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

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