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The Paths of Zatoichi

Author : Jonathan Wroot
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793601224
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Paths of Zatoichi written by Jonathan Wroot and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paths of Zatoichi charts the history and influence of the Japanese film and television franchise about Zatoichi the blind swordsman. The franchise is comprised of 29 films and 100 TV episodes (starring the famous Shintaro Katsu, who starred in 26 of the 29 feature films). They all follow the adventures of a blind masseur in medieval Japan, who wanders from village to village and often has to defend himself with his deadly sword skills. The first film was released in 1962 and the most recent in 2010. These dates demonstrate how the franchise can be used as a means of charting Japanese cinema history, via the shifts in production practices and audience preferences which affected the Zatoichi series and numerous other film and TV texts. Zatoichi signifies a huge area of Japanese film history which has largely been ignored in much existing scholarly research, and yet it can reveal much about the appeal of long-running characters, franchises, and their constant adaptation and influence within global popular culture.

Shintaro Katsu ́s Zatoichi

Author : Felix Hahlbrock Ponce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781661672669
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Shintaro Katsu ́s Zatoichi written by Felix Hahlbrock Ponce and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zatoichi is a Japanese literary and cinematographic character whose adventures are set in the 19th century (around 1830-1840). He is a wandering swordsman who has the particularity of being blind. Despite his blindness, he is capable of facing numerous enemies (who sometimes attack him simultaneously) and of being victorious in numerous battles. He always travels walking with his cane stick, which also serves as a sword - Inside there is a sharp blade. Zatoichi is shrewd and cunning, as well as wise and compassionate at the same time; he feels a strong responsibility to protect the humble. His auditory faculties are highly developed, and he also possesses a "sixth sense" that helps to get him out of more than one trouble. The character was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa (1892-1968), who published a series of books starring Zatoichi. Later the adaptations to the big screen would come, starring Shintaro Katsu (1931-1997). This great actor belonged to a dynasty of traditional Kabuki theater performers. In cinema he would specialize in the typically Japanese genre of chanbara or jidaigeki ("samurai" films, which used to be set in the Tokugawa era). As a guide, this book compiles critiques and analyses of each and every one of Zatoichi's 26 films shot between 1962 and 1989. They were already published, in Spanish, in my blog "Alucine Cinéfago". These films, based on Shimozawa's stories, were directed by different filmmakers, but the protagonist is always Shintaro Katsu.The purpose of this compilation is to offer chanbara fans a review of the blind swordsman's film career. Zatoichi is very popular in his country of origin (in recent years the famous Takeshi Kitano returned to the character for one of his productions), but also in the West he has a huge community of fans.

Adaptations of Mental and Cognitive Disability in Popular Media

Author : Whitney Hardin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793648328
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Adaptations of Mental and Cognitive Disability in Popular Media written by Whitney Hardin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection combines adaptation and disability studies to examine the ways that popular cultural remakes, reboots, and adaptations navigate representations of mental disability and health. The chapters analyze the ways that narratives of disability are framed not only by worldviews but also by the media which structure and inform them.

A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors

Author : Alexander Jacoby
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611725313
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors written by Alexander Jacoby and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2013-02-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For film lovers and scholars, an essential resource and reference guide.

Archetypes in Japanese Film

Author : Gregory Barrett
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780941664936
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Archetypes in Japanese Film written by Gregory Barrett and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1989 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the significance of the archetypal heroes and heroines of Japanese cinema and traces both their prior development in literature, drama, and folklore, and their subsequent variations in popular culture.

Great Martial Arts Movies

Author : Richard Meyers
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806520261
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Great Martial Arts Movies written by Richard Meyers and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meyers offers an "up-to-date, authoritative kick-butt book" detailing the best movies and where to find them. Color photos.

Cinema of Swords

Author : Lawrence Ellsworth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493065637
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Cinema of Swords written by Lawrence Ellsworth and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema of Swords is a history, guide, and love letter to over four hundred movies and television shows featuring swashbucklers: knights, pirates, samurai, Vikings, gladiators, outlaw heroes like Zorro and Robin Hood, and anyone else who lives by the blade and solves their problems with the point of a sword. Though swordplay thrives as a mainstay of current pop culture—whether Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings or Star Wars—swashbuckling was if anything even more ubiquitous during Hollywood’s classic period, from its foundations in the Silent Era up through the savage bursts of fantasy films in the ‘80s. With this huge cinematic backlist of classics now available online and on-demand, Cinema of Swords traces the roots and branches of this unruly genre, highlighting classics of the form and pointing fans toward thrilling new gems they never knew existed. With wry summaries and criticism from swordplay expert Lawrence Ellsworth, this comprehensive guidebook is perfect as a reference work or as a dazzling Hollywood history to be read end-to-end.

Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XVI

Author : Yasushi Kiyoki
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9781586034979
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XVI written by Yasushi Kiyoki and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modelling of information is necessary in developing information systems. Information is acquired from many sources, by using various methods and tools. It must be recognized, conceptualized, and conceptually organized efficiently so that users can easily understand and use it. Modelling is needed to understand, explain, organize, predict, and reason on information. It also helps to master the role and functions of components of information systems. Modelling can be performed with many different purposes in mind, at different levels, and by using different notions and different background theories. It can be made by emphasizing users' conceptual understanding of information on a domain level, on an algorithmic level, or on representation levels. On each level, the objects and structures used on them are different, and different rules govern the behavior on them. Therefore the notions, rules, theories, languages, and methods for modelling on different levels are also different. It will be useful if we can develop theories and methodologies for modelling, to be used in different situations, because databases, knowledge bases, and repositories in knowledge management systems, developed on the basis of models and used to technically store information, are growing day by day. In this publication, the interest is focused on modelling of information, and one of the central topics is modelling of time. Scientific and technical papers of high quality are brought together in this book.

Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3

Author : John Berra
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 1783204044
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3 written by John Berra and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like its predecessors, Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3 endeavours to move scholarly criticism of Japanese film out of the academy and into the hands of cinephiles the world over. This volume will be warmly welcomed by those with an interest in Japanese cinema that extends beyond its established names to equally remarkable filmmakers who have yet to receive such rigorous attention.

The Path of Dreams

Author : Eugene Woodbury
Publisher : Peaks Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1452300992
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The Path of Dreams written by Eugene Woodbury and published by Peaks Island Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they have never met before, a seemingly chance encounter leaves Elaine Chieko Packard and Connor McKenzie haunted by passionate dreams they cannot control. They determine to resolve the growing tension between the moral strictures of their religion and their own overpowering emotions by eloping, a decision that triggers an entirely unexpected series of events.

Zatoichi

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Zatoichi written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The DVD-laser Disc Newsletter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The DVD-laser Disc Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads

Author : Austin Fisher
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074869546X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads written by Austin Fisher and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film distribution? As this volume illustrates, the answers lie in the Spaghetti Western genre.As the reference points of American popular culture became ever more prominent in post-war Europe, the hundreds of films that make up the Italian (or 'Spaghetti') Western documented profound shifts in their home country's cultural outlook, while at the same time denying specifically national discourses. An object of fascination and great affection for fans, filmmakers and academics alike, the Western allitaliana arose from a diverse confluence of cultural strands, and would become a pivotal moment in cinematic history.Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries.

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films

Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520209701
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films written by American Film Institute and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves

Author : Patrick Galloway
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781880656938
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves written by Patrick Galloway and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first popular survey of Japan's samurai film genre and its heroes.

The Lone Samurai

Author : William Scott Wilson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590309871
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Lone Samurai written by William Scott Wilson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on samurai history paints a vivid, multi-faceted portrait of feudal Japan and Miyamoto Musashi—the legendary swordsman who wrote the classic martial arts treatise, The Book of Five Rings Born in 1584, Miyamoto Musashi was the legendary samurai known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of the classic book on strategy, The Book of Five Rings. Over 350 years after his death, Musashi and his legacy still fascinate readers worldwide, inspiring artists, authors, and filmmakers. In The Lone Samurai, respected translator and expert on samurai culture William Scott Wilson presents both a vivid account of a fascinating period in feudal Japan and a portrait of the courageous, iconoclastic samurai who wrestled with philosophical and spiritual ideas that are as relevant today as they were in his time. For Musashi, the way of the martial arts was about mastery of the mind rather than simply technical prowess—and it is this path to mastery that is the core teaching in his Book of Five Rings. This special volume includes supplemental material on Musashi’s legacy as a martial arts icon, his impact on literature and film, and the influence of his Book of Five Rings.

Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film

Author : Chris D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085771547X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film written by Chris D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film" offers an extraordinary close-up of the hitherto overlooked golden age of Japanese cult, action and exploitation cinema from the early 1950s through to the late 1970s, and up to the present day. Having unique access to the top maverick filmmakers and Japanese genre film icons, Chris D. brings together interviews with, and original writings on, the lives and films of such transgressive directors as Kinji Fukasaku ("Battles Without Honour and Humanity"), Seijun Suzuki ("Branded to Kill") and Koji Wakamatsu ("Ecstasy of the Angels") as well as performers like Shinichi 'Sonny' Chiba ("The Streetfighter", "Kill Bill Vol. 1") and glamorous actress Meiko Kaji ("Lady Snowblood"). Bringing the story up-to-date with an overview of such Japanese 'enfants terrible' as Takashi Miike ("Audition") and Kiyoshi Kurasawa ("Cure"), this book also provides a compendium of facts and extras including filmographies, related bibliographies on genre fiction including Manga, and a section on female yakuzas. Illustrated with fantastic stills and posters from some of Japan's finest cult and action films, this is a veritable bible for fans and newcomers alike.