The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday

ISBN-13: 9781474441001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 288 str.

Woojeong Joo

Opis

This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and economic resurgence.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Tables

INTRODUCTION: Ozu, History, and the Everyday

CHAPTER 1
EARLY OZU: Shōshimin Film and Everyday Realism

CHAPTER 2
OZU IN TRANSITION: Coming of Sound and Family Melodrama

CHAPTER 3
WARTIME OZU: In between Bourgeois Drama and National Policy Film

CHAPTER 4
OZU AND POSTWAR: Ozu’s Occupation era films and Tokyo Regained

CHAPTER 5
LATE OZU: New Generation and New Salaryman Film

Conclusion
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Notes