Daisuke Miyao

The Aesthetics of Shadow

Lighting and Japanese Cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

Daisuke Miyao is Associate Professor of Japanese Film/Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom, also published by Duke University Press.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780822354222
• ISBN-10: 0822354225
• Artikelnr.: 36693335

Autorenporträt

Daisuke Miyao is Associate Professor of Japanese Film/Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom, also published by Duke University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. What is the Aesthetics of Shadow? 1
1. Lighting and Capitalist-Industrial Modernity: Shochiku and Hollywood 15
2. Flashes of the Sword and the Star: Shochiku and Jidaigeki 67
3. Street Films: Shochiku and Germany 119
4. The Aesthetics of Shadow: Shochiku, Tohu, and Japan 173
Conclusion. The Cinematography of Miyagawa Kazuo 255
Notes 283
Bibliography 329
Index 365