{"product_id":"a-hundred-years-of-japanese-film-paperback-by-donald-richie-foreword-by-paul-schrader","title":"A Hundred Years of Japanese Film Paperback by Donald Richie; Foreword by Paul Schrader","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKodansha International\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-09-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781568364391\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e705.91\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eThe authoritative guide to Japanese film, completely revised and updated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow available in paperback for the first time, \u003ci\u003eA Hundred Years of Japanese Film\u003c\/i\u003e by Donald Richie, the foremost Western expert on Japanese film, gives us an incisive, detailed, and fully illustrated history of the country's cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalled \"the dean of Japan's arts critics\" by Time magazine, Richie takes us from the inception of Japanese cinema at the end of the nineteenth century, through the achievements of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu, then on to the notable works of contemporary filmmakers. This revised edition includes analyses of the latest trends in Japanese cinema, such as the revival of the horror genre, and introduces today's up-and-coming directors and their works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Paul Schrader writes in his perceptive foreword, Richie's accounting of the Japanese film \"retains his sensitivity to the actual circumstances of film production (something filmmakers know very well but historians often overlook) . . . and shows the interweave of filmmaking—the contributions of directors, writers, cinematographers, actors, musicians, art directors, as well as financiers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf primary interest to those who would like to watch the works introduced in these pages, Richie has provided capsule reviews of the major subtitled Japanese films commercially available in DVD and VHS formats. This guide has been updated to include not only the best new movie releases, but also classic films available in these formats for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eFormer Curator of Film at the New York Museum of Modern Art, \u003cb\u003eDONALD RICHIE\u003c\/b\u003e has written some forty books on Japan and its people, including definitive works on the Japanese film directors Kurosawa and Ozu. The film version of his travel classic, The Inland Sea, has been shown on PBS and won several prizes at international film festivals, as well as the National Geographic Earth Award. Public People, Private People, his portraits of famous and far-from-famous Japanese, received praise from many quarters. Of Richie's two collections of essays, A Lateral View and Partial Views, Susan Sontag said: \"Donald Richie writes about Japan with an unrivaled range, acuity, and wit.\"\u003cbr\u003eHis latest book is The Japan Journals: 1947-2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well-known director (American Gigolo, Affliction) and screenwriter (Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ), \u003cb\u003ePAUL SCHRADER\u003c\/b\u003e also has a strong feeling for Japan and its films. Not only did he write and direct Mishima, considered by many to be his masterpiece, he also contributed to the very first appreciation of the Japanese yakuza film genre and wrote the seminal Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555663138977,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781568364391","price":27.55,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781568364391.jpg?v=1781793722","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-hundred-years-of-japanese-film-paperback-by-donald-richie-foreword-by-paul-schrader","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}