Title: Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema
Author(s): Tadao Sato
Publisher: Berg (An imprint of Oxford International Publishers Ltd) 2008Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters – together with Yasugiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa – of Japanese cinema. This book is a definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema tells the full story of this famously perfectionist, even tyrannical director. Mizoguchi’s key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns are all discussed and set in the context of Japan’s changing popular and political culture.
Soft Copy: Euros 22.17