Title
Picturing Japaneseness : monumental style, national identity, Japanese film
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Abstract
This book explores the role of 1930s Japanese cinema in the construction of a national identity and in the larger context of Japan's encounter-and struggle-with the West and modernity. Davis lends a new perspective to such celebrated films as Gate of Hell, Kagemusha, and Ran.
ISBN
9780231102315
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Davis, D. W. (1996). Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental style, national identity, Japanese film. New York: Columbia University Press.
