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The Russian Kurosawa

Author : Olga V. Solovieva
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192866001
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Russian Kurosawa written by Olga V. Solovieva and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian Kurosawa offers a new historical perspective on the work of the renowned Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. It uncovers Kurosawa's debt to the intellectual tradition of Japanese-Russian democratic dissent, reflected in the affinity for Kurosawa's worldview expressed by such Russian directors as Grigory Kozintsev and Andrei Tarkovsky. Through a detailed discussion of the Russian subtext of Kurosawa's cinema, most clearly manifested in the director's films based on Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, and Arseniev, the book shows that Kurosawa used Russian intertexts to deal with the most politically sensitive topics of postwar Japan. Locating the director in the cultural tradition of Russian-inflected Japanese anarchism, the book challenges prevalent views of Akira Kurosawa as an apolitical art house director or a conformist studio filmmaker of muddled ideological alliances by offering a philosophically consistent picture of the director's participation in post-war debates on cultural and political reconstruction.

Japan's Russia

Author : Olga V. Solovieva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621965534
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Russia written by Olga V. Solovieva and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan's Russia is a valuable resource that reinterprets modern Japanese culture and society and introducing readers to the rich intellectual and cultural history between Japan and Russia.

Something Like An Autobiography

Author : Akira Kurosawa
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030780321X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Something Like An Autobiography written by Akira Kurosawa and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Audie E. Bock. "A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction." --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World

Border Crossing

Author : Alexander Burry
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474411436
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Border Crossing written by Alexander Burry and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each time a border is crossed there are cultural, political, and social issues to be considered. Applying the metaphor of the 'border crossing' from one temporal or spatial territory into another, Border Crossing: Russian Literature into Film examines the way classic Russian texts have been altered to suit new cinematic environments. In these essays, international scholars examine how political and economic circumstances, from a shifting Soviet political landscape to the perceived demands of American and European markets, have played a crucial role in dictating how filmmakers transpose their cinematic hypertext into a new environment. Rather than focus on the degree of accuracy or fidelity with which these films address their originating texts, this innovative collection explores the role of ideological, political, and other cultural pressures that can affect the transformation of literary narratives into cinematic offerings.

Akira Kurosawa

Author : Akira Kurosawa
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578069972
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Akira Kurosawa written by Akira Kurosawa and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work includes the collected interviews with the first Japanese film director to become widely known in the West when his film "Rashomon" won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Author : Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578062201
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Andrei Tarkovsky written by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror

The Emperor and the Wolf

Author : Stuart Galbraith, IV
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571211524
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor and the Wolf written by Stuart Galbraith, IV and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune made 16 feature films together, including "Rashomon, Seven Samurai, " and "Yojimbo. The Emperor and the Wolf" is an in-depth look at these two great artists and their legacy that brims with behind-the-scenes details about their tumultuous lives and stormy relationships with the studios and with one another. Two 16-page photo inserts.

Waiting on the Weather

Author : Teruyo Nogami
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781933330099
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Waiting on the Weather written by Teruyo Nogami and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing memoir about the director and his films, by his first assistant for fifty years.

Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films

Author : Paul Anderer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681772779
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films written by Paul Anderer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking investigation into the early life of the iconic Akira Kurosawa in connection to his most famous film—taking us deeper into Kurosawa and his world. Although he is a filmmaker of international renown, Kurosawa and the story of his formative years remain as enigmatic as his own Rashomon. Paul Anderer looks back at Kurosawa before he became famous, taking us into the turbulent world that made him. We encounter Tokyo, Kurosawa’s birthplace, which would be destroyed twice before his eyes; explore early twentieth-century Japan amid sweeping cross-cultural changes; and confront profound family tragedy alongside the horror of war. From these multiple angles we see how Kurosawa’s life and work speak to the epic narrative of modern Japan’s rise and fall. With fresh insights and vivid prose, Anderer engages the Great Earthquake of 1923, the dynamic energy that surged through Tokyo in its wake, and its impact on Kurosawa as a youth. When the city is destroyed again, in the fire-bombings of 1945, Anderer reveals how Kurosawa grappled with the trauma of war and its aftermath, and forged his artistic vision. Finally, he resurrects the specter and the voice of a gifted and troubled older brother—himself a star in the silent film industry—who took Kurosawa to see his first films, and who led a rebellious life until his desperate end. Bringing these formative forces into focus, Anderer looks beyond the aura of Kurosawa’s fame and leads us deeper into the tragedies and the challenges of his past. Kurosawa’s Rashomon uncovers how a film like Rashomon came to be, and why it endures to illuminate the shadows and the challenges of our present.

Dersu Uzala

Author : Vladimir Arsenyev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410213471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Dersu Uzala written by Vladimir Arsenyev and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir by the Russian explorer, covering his trips in 1902, 1906, and 1907 as the first European to explore remote portions of Siberia, helped by his native guide, Dersu Uzala.

A History of Russo-Japanese Relations

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004400850
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book A History of Russo-Japanese Relations written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Russo-Japanese Relations offers an in-depth analysis of the history of relations between Russia and Japan from the eighteenth century until the present day, with views and interpretations from Russian and Japanese perspectives that showcase the differences and the similarities in their joint history, including the territory problem as well as economic exchange.

Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema

Author : Jasper Sharp
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810875411
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema written by Jasper Sharp and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century. Japanese cinema's long history of production and considerable output has seen films made in a variety of genres, including melodramas, romances, gangster movies, samurai movies, musicals, horror films, and monster films. It has also produced some of the most famous names in the history of cinema: Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Beat Takeshi, Toshirô Mifune, Godzilla, The Ring, Akira, Rashomon, and Seven Samurai. The Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema is an introduction to and overview of the long history of Japanese cinema. It aims to provide an entry point for those with little or no familiarity with the subject, while it is organized so that scholars in the field will also be able to use it to find specific information. This is done through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, and appendixes of films, film studios, directors, and performers. The cross-referenced dictionary entries cover key films, genres, studios, directors, performers, and other individuals. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Japanese cinema.

Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky

Author : Alexander Burry
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810127156
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky written by Alexander Burry and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2001.

Compound Cinematics

Author : Shinobu Hashimoto
Publisher : Kodansha USA
ISBN 13 : 1939130581
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Compound Cinematics written by Shinobu Hashimoto and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any list of Japan's greatest screenplay writers would feature Shinobu Hashimoto at or near the top. This memoir, focusing on his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa, a gifted scenarist in his own right, offers indispenable insider account for fans and students of the director's oeuvre and invaluable insights into the unique process that is writing for the screen. The vast majority of Kurosawa works were filmed from screenplays that the director co-wrote with a stable of steller writers, many of whom he discovered himself with his sharp eye for all things cinematic. Among these was Hashimoto, who caught the filmmaker's attention with a script that eventually turned into Roshamon. Thus joining Team Kurosawa the debutant immediately went on to paly an integral part in developing and writing two of the grandmaster's most impressive achievements, Ikiru and Seven Samurai.

Ozu's Tokyo Story

Author : David Desser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521484350
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Ozu's Tokyo Story written by David Desser and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated. The introduction outlines Ozu's career as both a contract director of a major studio and as a singular figure in Japanese film history, and also analyses the director's cinematic style, particularly his narrative strategies and spatial compositions. Other essays situate Ozu's cinema in its relationship to Hollywood film-making: his relationship to aspects of Japanese tradition, situating the film within artistic modes, religious systems and beliefs, and socio-cultural and familial formations. Also included is an analysis of how Ozu has been misunderstood in Western criticism.

Myths and Mysticism

Author : Michael A. Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Mysticism written by Michael A. Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Patient X

Author : David Peace
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 052556411X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Patient X written by David Peace and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these twelve interconnected tales, David Peace—acclaimed author of the Red Riding Quartet, Occupied City, and Tokyo Year Zero—weaves fact and fiction as he takes up the brief but fiercely lived life of the early-twentieth-century Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Unique and offbeat, Patient X delves into Akutagawa’s rich and complicated private life: his fears and battles with mental illness; his complex reaction to the Westernization of Japan; his exacting creative process; and his suicide, weaving these facets into a hauntingly evocative portrait. But Patient X is more than a paean to one remarkable writer: it is also an incandescent exploration of the act and obsession of writing itself, and of the role of the artist in times that darkly mirror our own.