TY - BOOK AU - Richie,Donald TI - A hundred years of japanese film: a concise history,with a selective guide to DVDs and videos SN - 1568364393 : AV - PN1993.5.J3 R47115 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, NY PB - Kodansha USA KW - Motion pictures KW - Japan KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index; Foreword / Paul Schrader -- A concise history of Japanese -- Beginnings and the Benshi -- Film, theater, and actors -- Realism and reality -- Western influences -- Shingeki and new narrative tactics -- The gendaigeki -- Taisho democracy and Shochiku -- The new gendaigeki: Shimazu, Gosho, Shimizu, Ozu, and Naruse -- The new jidaigeki: Itami, Inagaki, Ito, and Yamanaka Sadao -- Nikkatsu and the shimpa: Mizoguchi Kenji -- Expressionism, Kinugasa Teinosuke, and the Leftist film -- Criticism and crackdown: World War II -- The occupation of Japan -- Postwar developments -- Ozu and Naruse -- Mizoguchi and the period-film == New means: jun-bungaku, comedy, and social issues -- The advent of television and the film's defenses: Suzuki, Nakahira, Kawashima, and Imamura -- The early independents: Hani and Teshigahara -- The "New Wave": Oshima, Yoshida, and Shinoda -- After the Wave -- Making audiences -- Japanese sources of videos and DVDs -- Japanese historical periods ER -