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Le Fanu, Mark

Mizoguchi and Japan / Mark Le Fanu - [London] : BFI Publishing, [2005] - 218 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index

Why Mizoguchi? -- The Japanese context -- Mizoguchi at work -- The great triptych -- Geisha, prostitution and the street -- Visions of history -- Respectable women -- Alive or dead?

This book offers a complete survey of Mizoguchi's film career and it places Mizoguchi's work securely in the context of Japanese history.

ISBN: 9781844570560 (cased) 9781844570560 (cased) No price

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 --Criticism and interpretation

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--Japan
Films, cinema
Individual film directors, film-makers
Japan

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--In motion pictures
Japan--Civilization