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Country: Japan (75 books)

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•  Encyclopedias (6 books)(0 book)

Gun and Sword:An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980

Gun and Sword (2013)

An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980

by

Publisher: Poison Fang Books

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Japanese Filmography:A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900-1994

The Japanese Filmography (2010)

A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900-1994

by

Publisher: McFarland & Co

Subject: Countries > Japan

Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves:The Samurai Film Handbook

Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves (2005)

The Samurai Film Handbook

by

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films

The Yakuza Movie Book (2003)

A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films

by

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

•  Dictionaries (6 books)(0 book)

•  Essays (7 books)(0 book)

Film's Ghosts:Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh and the Transmutation of 1960s Japan

Film's Ghosts (2019)

Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh and the Transmutation of 1960s Japan

by

Publisher: Diaphanes

Subject: Countries > Japan

Paradoxical Japaneseness:Cultural Representation in 21st Century Japanese Cinema

Paradoxical Japaneseness (2016)

Cultural Representation in 21st Century Japanese Cinema

by

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Film and the Floating Mind:Cinematic Contemplations of Being

Japanese Film and the Floating Mind (2016)

Cinematic Contemplations of Being

by

Publisher: McFarland & Co

Subject: Countries > Japan

•  Studies (54 books)(0 book)

Japanese Cinema and Punk:Intermedial Exchanges

Japanese Cinema and Punk (2025)

Intermedial Exchanges

by

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese High School Films:Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline

Japanese High School Films (2023)

Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline

by

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Cinema of Discontent:Representations of Japan's High-Speed Growth

Cinema of Discontent (2023)

Representations of Japan's High-Speed Growth

by

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Visual Media:Politicizing the Screen

Japanese Visual Media (2023)

Politicizing the Screen

by and

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Countries > Japan

Making Audiences:A Social History of Japanese Cinema and Media

Making Audiences (2022)

A Social History of Japanese Cinema and Media

by

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Paths of Zatoichi:The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman

The Paths of Zatoichi (2021)

The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman

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Publisher: Lexington Books

Subject: Countries > Japan

Samurai:A Very Short Introduction

Samurai (2021)

A Very Short Introduction

by

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Locating Heisei in Japanese Fiction and Film:The Historical Imagination of the Lost Decades

Locating Heisei in Japanese Fiction and Film (2021)

The Historical Imagination of the Lost Decades

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Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Countries > Japan

Re-Viewing the Past:The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan

Re-Viewing the Past (2020)

The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Countries > Japan

Powers of the Real:Cinema, Gender, and Emotion in Interwar Japan

Powers of the Real (2019)

Cinema, Gender, and Emotion in Interwar Japan

by

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Samurai:A Concise History

Samurai (2019)

A Concise History

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Persistently Postwar:Media and the Politics of Memory in Japan

Persistently Postwar (2019)

Media and the Politics of Memory in Japan

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Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Countries > Japan

Double Visions, Double Fictions:The Doppelgänger in Japanese Film and Literature

Double Visions, Double Fictions (2018)

The Doppelgänger in Japanese Film and Literature

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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Promiscuous Media:Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926-1945

Promiscuous Media (2018)

Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926-1945

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Publisher: Cornell University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The End of Japanese Cinema:Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies

The End of Japanese Cinema (2017)

Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies

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Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Women in Japanese Cinema:Alternative Perspectives

Women in Japanese Cinema (2016)

Alternative Perspectives

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Publisher: MerwinAsia

Subject: Countries > Japan

Making Personas:Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan

Making Personas (2013)

Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan

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Publisher: Harvard University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Cinema of Actuality:Japanese Avant-Garde Filmmaking in the Season of Image Politics

Cinema of Actuality (2013)

Japanese Avant-Garde Filmmaking in the Season of Image Politics

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Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Films:A Filmography and Commentary, 1921–1989

Japanese Films (2012)

A Filmography and Commentary, 1921–1989

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Publisher: McFarland & Co

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Cinema and Otherness:Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

Japanese Cinema and Otherness (2011)

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

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Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Countries > Japan

Visions of Japanese Modernity:Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925

Visions of Japanese Modernity (2010)

Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925

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Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Attractive Empire:Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan

The Attractive Empire (2009)

Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan

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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Nippon Modern:Japanese Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s

Nippon Modern (2008)

Japanese Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s

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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Cinema:Texts and Contexts

Japanese Cinema (2007)

Texts and Contexts

Dir. and

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Japanese Period Film:A Critical Analysis

The Japanese Period Film (2007)

A Critical Analysis

by

Publisher: McFarland & Co

Subject: Countries > Japan

Time Frames:Japanese Cinema And the Unfolding of History

Time Frames (2007)

Japanese Cinema And the Unfolding of History

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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Imperial Screen:Japanese Film Culture In The Fifteen Years War, 1931-1945

Imperial Screen (2003)

Japanese Film Culture In The Fifteen Years War, 1931-1945

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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Flash of Capital:Film and Geopolitics in Japan

The Flash of Capital (2002)

Film and Geopolitics in Japan

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Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Writing in Light:The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement

Writing in Light (2001)

The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement

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Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Picturing Japaneseness:Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film

Picturing Japaneseness (1996)

Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film

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Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Reframing Japanese Cinema:Authorship, Genre, History

Reframing Japanese Cinema (1992)

Authorship, Genre, History

Dir. and

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Japanese Cinema:An Introduction

Japanese Cinema (1990)

An Introduction

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

Eros Plus Massacre:An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema

Eros Plus Massacre (1988)

An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema

by

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

The Japanese Film:Art and Industry - Expanded Edition

The Japanese Film (1983)

Art and Industry - Expanded Edition

by and

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Countries > Japan

•  Stories (1 book)(0 book)

•  Didactic (1 book)(0 book)


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Studio Ghibli:The Complete Works

Studio Ghibli (2025)

The Complete Works

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Subject: Studio > Ghibli

Behind the Pink Curtain:The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema

Behind the Pink Curtain (2025)

The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema

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Subject: Genre > Porn films

Destination Anime!:An Anime Lover's Guide to Tokyo

Destination Anime! (2025)

An Anime Lover's Guide to Tokyo

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Subject: Genre > Animation

The Anime Archives:A retrospective of anime films and TV shows from indie journal publisher Lost in Cult

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation:The Adaptation of Children's Novels into the World Masterpiece Theater Series

Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation (2025)

The Adaptation of Children's Novels into the World Masterpiece Theater Series

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Studio Ghibli Dream Artists

Studio Ghibli Dream Artists (2025)

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Subject: Studio > Ghibli

Godzilla:The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions

Godzilla (2025)

The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions

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Subject: One Film > Godzilla

Through a Nuclear Lens:France, Japan, and Cinema from Hiroshima to Fukushima

Through a Nuclear Lens (2024)

France, Japan, and Cinema from Hiroshima to Fukushima

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Japanese Film Festivals in the Asia-Pacific:Cultural Diplomacy, Practices and Audiences

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Cultural Diplomacy, Practices and Audiences

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The Cinematic Influence:Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan

The Cinematic Influence (2024)

Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan

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Subject: Countries > France

Transnational Kaiju:Exploitation, Globalisation and Cult Monster Movies

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Exploitation, Globalisation and Cult Monster Movies

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Subject: Genre > Fantasy

The Essential Anime Guide:50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces

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50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces

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Subject: Genre > Animation

The Kaiju Connection:Giant Monsters and Ourselves

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Giant Monsters and Ourselves

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Anime:A History

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A History

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Japanese Horror Culture:Critical Essays on Film, Literature, Anime, Video Games

Japanese Horror Culture (2023)

Critical Essays on Film, Literature, Anime, Video Games

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Subject: Genre > Horror

Japanese Horror Cinema and Deleuze:Interrogating and Reconceptualizing Dominant Modes of Thought

Japanese Horror Cinema and Deleuze (2023)

Interrogating and Reconceptualizing Dominant Modes of Thought

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Subject: Genre > Horror

Circulating Fear:Japanese Horror, Fractured Realities, and New Media

Circulating Fear (2023)

Japanese Horror, Fractured Realities, and New Media

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Subject: Genre > Horror

Involuntary Consent:The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry

Involuntary Consent (2023)

The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry

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Subject: Genre > Porn films

The Japan/America Film Wars:World War II Propaganda and its Cultural Contexts

The Japan/America Film Wars (2023)

World War II Propaganda and its Cultural Contexts

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Subject: Genre > War films

The Russian Kurosawa:Transnational Cinema, or the Art of Speaking Differently

The Russian Kurosawa (2023)

Transnational Cinema, or the Art of Speaking Differently

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Subject: Director > Akira Kurosawa

Colonial Tactics and Everyday Life:Workers of the Manchuria Film Association

Colonial Tactics and Everyday Life (2023)

Workers of the Manchuria Film Association

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Subject: Countries > China

Ishiro Honda:A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa

Ishiro Honda (2023)

A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa

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Subject: Director > Ishirô Honda

The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide:The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema

The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide (2022)

The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Studio Ghibli:The Complete Works

Studio Ghibli (2022)

The Complete Works

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Subject: Studio > Ghibli

The Man Who Leapt Through Film:The Art of Mamoru Hosoda

The Man Who Leapt Through Film (2022)

The Art of Mamoru Hosoda

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Subject: Director > Mamoru Hosoda

Transpacific Convergences:Race, Migration, and Japanese American Film Culture before World War II

Transpacific Convergences (2022)

Race, Migration, and Japanese American Film Culture before World War II

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Subject: Countries > United States

Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth:Gaian Environmentalism in Daikaiju Cinema

Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth (2022)

Gaian Environmentalism in Daikaiju Cinema

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Subject: Genre > Disaster films

Japanese Cinema:A Personal Journey

Japanese Cinema (2022)

A Personal Journey

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Subject: Countries

A Foreigner's Cinematic Dream of Japan:Representational Politics and Shadows of War in the Japanese-German Coproduction New Earth (1937)

A Foreigner's Cinematic Dream of Japan (2022)

Representational Politics and Shadows of War in the Japanese-German Coproduction New Earth (1937)

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Godzilla:History of Formative Arts 1954-2016

Godzilla (2021)

History of Formative Arts 1954-2016

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Subject: One Film > Godzilla

Ghost in the Well:The Hidden History of Horror Films in Japan

Ghost in the Well (2021)

The Hidden History of Horror Films in Japan

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Subject: Genre > Horror

Dialectics without Synthesis:Japanese Film Theory and Realism in a Global Frame

Dialectics without Synthesis (2020)

Japanese Film Theory and Realism in a Global Frame

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Subject: Theory

Hayao Miyazaki:Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator

Hayao Miyazaki (2020)

Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator

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Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki

Miyazakiworld:A Life in Art

Miyazakiworld (2019)

A Life in Art

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Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki

Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits:The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura

Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits (2019)

The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura

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Subject: Director > Shôhei Imamura

Takashi Shimura:Chameleon of Japanese Cinema

Takashi Shimura (2019)

Chameleon of Japanese Cinema

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Subject: Actor > Takashi Shimura

Akira Kurosawa:A Viewer's Guide

Akira Kurosawa (2018)

A Viewer's Guide

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Subject: Director > Akira Kurosawa

Rashomon Effects:Kurosawa, Rashomon and their legacies

Rashomon Effects (2018)

Kurosawa, Rashomon and their legacies

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Subject: One Film > Rashomon

Tanaka Kinuyo:Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity

Tanaka Kinuyo (2018)

Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity

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Subject: Director > Kinuyo Tanaka

Japan's Green Monsters:Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema

Japan's Green Monsters (2018)

Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema

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Subject: Genre > Fantasy

Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World:Background illustrations and scenes from Anime and Manga works

Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World (2018)

Background illustrations and scenes from Anime and Manga works

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Reorienting Ozu:A Master and His Influence

Reorienting Ozu (2018)

A Master and His Influence

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Subject: Director > Yasujirô Ozu

A Dream of Resistance:The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki

A Dream of Resistance (2017)

The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki

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Subject: Director > Masaki Kobayashi

Giant Creatures in Our World:Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture

Giant Creatures in Our World (2017)

Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture

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Subject: Genre > Fantasy

Apocalypse Then:American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951–1967

Apocalypse Then (2017)

American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951–1967

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Subject: Genre > Disaster films

The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro:Histories of the Everyday

The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro (2017)

Histories of the Everyday

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Subject: Director > Yasujirô Ozu

Godzilla FAQ:All That's Left to Know about the King of the Monsters

Godzilla FAQ (2017)

All That's Left to Know about the King of the Monsters

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Screening Enlightenment:Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan

Screening Enlightenment (2017)

Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan

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Subject: Countries > United States

Fragrant Orchid:The Story of My Early Life

Fragrant Orchid (2016)

The Story of My Early Life

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Subject: Actor > Shirley Yamaguchi

The Kaiju Film:A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters

The Kaiju Film (2016)

A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters

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A Sky Longing for Memories: The Art of Makoto Shinkai

A Sky Longing for Memories (2015)

The Art of Makoto Shinkai

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Subject: Director > Makoto Shinkai

Japanese and American Horror:A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games

Japanese and American Horror (2014)

A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games

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Subject: Genre > Horror

Anime Explosion!:The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

Anime Explosion! (2014)

The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Coproducing Asia:Locating Japanese-Chinese Regional Film and Media

Coproducing Asia (2014)

Locating Japanese-Chinese Regional Film and Media

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Subject: Countries > Asia

Rising Sun, Divided Land:Japanese and South Korean Filmmakers

Rising Sun, Divided Land (2013)

Japanese and South Korean Filmmakers

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Subject: Countries > Asia

The Aesthetics of Shadow:Lighting and Japanese Cinema

The Aesthetics of Shadow (2013)

Lighting and Japanese Cinema

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Subject: Technique > Lighting

Drawing on Tradition:Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan

Drawing on Tradition (2012)

Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan

by

Subject: Genre > Animation

All The Emperor's Men:Kurosawa's Pearl Harbor

All The Emperor's Men (2012)

Kurosawa's Pearl Harbor

by

Subject: Director > Akira Kurosawa

Kyoto Animation:A Critical Study and Filmography

Kyoto Animation (2012)

A Critical Study and Filmography

by

Subject: Genre > Animation

Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries:Understanding the Origins of East Asian Film Networks

Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries (2011)

Understanding the Origins of East Asian Film Networks

by and

Subject: Countries > Asia

Japanese Counterculture:The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji

Japanese Counterculture (2011)

The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji

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Subject: Director > Terayama Shuji

Anime and Philosophy:Wide Eyed Wonder

Anime and Philosophy (2010)

Wide Eyed Wonder

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Subject: Genre > Animation

The Art of Studio Gainax:Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime

The Art of Studio Gainax (2008)

Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime

by

Subject: Genre > Animation

The Cinema of Naruse Mikio:Women and Japanese Modernity

The Cinema of Naruse Mikio (2008)

Women and Japanese Modernity

by

Subject: Director > Mikio Naruse

Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams:Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime

Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams (2007)

Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime

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Subject: Genre > Fantasy

Anime Intersections:Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique

Anime Intersections (2007)

Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique

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Subject: Genre > Animation

Sessue Hayakawa:Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom

Sessue Hayakawa (2007)

Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom

by

Subject: Actor > Sessue Hayakawa

Forest of Pressure:Ogawa Shinsuke And Postwar Japanese Documentary

Forest of Pressure (2007)

Ogawa Shinsuke And Postwar Japanese Documentary

by

Subject: Director > Ogawa Shinsuke

Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films:A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States, 1950–1992

Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (2007)

A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States, 1950–1992

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Subject: Genre > Horror

New Women of the Silent Screen:China, Japan, Hollywood Volume 20

New Women of the Silent Screen (2006)

China, Japan, Hollywood Volume 20

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Subject: Countries > Asia

The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii:Fantasy, Technology and Politics

The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii (2006)

Fantasy, Technology and Politics

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Subject: Director > Mamoru Oshii

Cinematic Landscapes:Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan

Cinematic Landscapes (2000)

Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan

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Subject: Countries > Asia

The Warrior's Camera : The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

The Warrior's Camera (1999)

The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

by

Subject: Director > Akira Kurosawa


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