JAPANESE CINEMA

Beyond Kurosawa Exploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakers Until recently, the western world has viewed Japanese cinema through avery narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film hadto content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spottysampling of films by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu, gobs of anime, andbadly dubbed monster movies. Many great filmmakers like Mikio Naruse andKeisuke Kinoshita have remained unknown in the West, and Japanese musicalsand comedies are hardly known outside Asia. This volume sets the recordstraight, illustrating an in-depth history of Japanese cinema with vividposters and stunning photography. Hardcover, 23.1 x 28.9 cm (9.1 x 11.4in.), 192 pages