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.

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