Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi
by Adam Bingham
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This book looks at some of the key genres in Japanese cinema since 1997. In several cases it considers in detail the ways in which individual films have both drawn and departed from those films that have comprised the key works and trends in these generic categories, and in others it looks at some significant recent developments that have little real precedence in filmmaking in Japan. Through close textual analysis of representative films, the study seeks to elucidate the prevalence of repetition and variation in contemporary Japanese genre cinema, to understand some of the reasons behind this paradigm, and analyze where relevant how and to what extent new modes or generic groups fit into the schema. In so doing it seeks for the first time in English language discourse to offer an academic appreciation and overview of popular Japanese of the last two decades.
About the Author:
Dr. Adam Bingham teaches Film Studies at Edge Hill University and is a regular contributor to publications such as CineAction, Cineaste, Asian Cinema and others.
Press Reviews:
This is a lively and informative survey of recent trends in Japanese cinema that will interest a very wide readership of students and curious cinephiles. Bingham is an engaging and reliable critical cartographer whose mapping of the field is accomplished in an illuminating, adventurous and thoughtful fashion. -- Alastair Phillips, University of Warwick
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