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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 4, 2020
¡®What is Japanese Cinema?¡¯ review: A deft and engaging history of Japanese film
This book is healthily nonjudgmental concerning which films are ¡°good¡± and which are not. Instead it steps back ¡ª far back ¡ª to gaze carefully at and analyze the bigger picture: the role that cinema has played in reflecting and altering Japanese consciousness and Japanese reality over the span of a century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 5, 2018
¡®Japanese Tales from Times Past¡¯: One thousand years later, the ¡®Konjaku¡¯ is still educating its readers
The ¡®Konjaku Monogatari¡¯ is one of Â鶹´«Ã½ oldest collection of stories. Many are supernatural folktales that warn against foxes and demons. All are meant to educate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 5, 2014
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
It is noticeable that the tales in ¡°Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories¡± by Ryunosuke Akutagawa change in tone and style alongside the mental state and interests of the writer. Akutagawa¡¯s most famed early works (including the titular story) are intricately woven setups for moral questions, whereas...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 2, 2002
How Lon Chaney led to lifetime of Japanese film
I¡¯m rarely nervous these days. But the prospect of sitting down with author, academic, film scholar and art critic Donald Richie has me ever so slightly on edge. Movies like Akira Kurosawa¡¯s ¡°Rashomon,¡± seen as a student in England, were profound in effect. Forty years on and here I am with the man reputed...
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