Required Reading:

One book from each of the following groups

GROUP 1. History and Analysis

Anderson, Joseph L. and Richie, Donald, 1959, The Japanese Film, Grove Press, Inc., New York

Burch, Noël, 1979, To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema, University of California, Berkeley

Davis, Darrell William, 1996, Picturing Japaneseness Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film, Columbia University Press, NY

Hirano, Kyoko, 1992, Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Mellen, Joan, 1976, The Waves and Genji's Door Japan Through Its Cinema, Pantheon Books, NY

Nolletti, Arthur Jr and Desser, David, 1992, Reframing Japanese Cinema Authorship, Genre, History, Indiana University Press, Bloomington

Richie, Donald, 1971, Japanese Cinema, Anchor Books, Doubleday, Garden City

Sato, Tadao, 1987, Currents in Japanese Cinema, Kodansha International, Tokyo

GROUP 2. Directors

Bock, Audie, 1990, Japanese Film Directors, Kodansha International, Tokyo

Mellen, Joan, 1975, Voices from the Japanese Cinema, Liveright, NY

Prince, Stephen, 1991, The Warrior's Camera, Princeton University Press, Princeton

Turim, Maureen, 1998, The Films of Oshima Nagisa, University of California Press, Berkeley

Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro, 2000, Kurasawa, Duke University Press, Durham

GROUP 3. Genre

Desser, David, 1988, Eros plus Massacre An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema, Indiana University Press, Bloomington

Hunter, Jack, 1998, Eros in Hell: Sex Blood and Madness in Japanese Cinema, Creation Books, London

Schilling, Mark, 1999, Contemporary Japanese Film, Weatherhill, New York

Silver, Alain, 1977, The Samurai Film, A.S. Barnes and Co., South Brunswick and New York

Grades

Grades are based on two papers (35%) and a final exam (essay) (30%). The paper is to be an analysis of some film NOT shown in class, and should deal with some aspect (theme) in Japanese film and how it is approached in that particular film.

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The first paper is due the 5th week of the term.
The second paper (due the 10th week)

SELECTED FILM BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anderson, Joseph L. and Richie, Donald, 1959, The Japanese Film, Grove Press, Inc., New York

Andrew, Dudley and Cavanaugh, Carole, 2000, Sanshô Dayû, British Film Institute Publishing, London

Bock, Audie, 1990, Japanese Film Directors, Kodansha International, Tokyo

Burch, Noël, 1979, To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema, University of California, Berkeley

Davis, Darrell William, 1996, Picturing Japaneseness Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film, Columbia University Press, NY

Desser, David, 1988, Eros plus Massacre An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema, Indiana University Press, Bloomington

Desser, David, 1997, Ozu's Tokyo Story, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK

DeVos, George and Bock, Audie, 1974, Themes in Japanese Society as Seen Through The Japanese Film, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley

Hirano, Kyoko, 1992, Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Hunter, Jack, 1998, Eros in Hell: Sex Blood and Madness in Japanese Cinema, Creation Books, London

Mellen, Joan, 1975, Voices from the Japanese Cinema, Liveright, NY

Mellen, Joan, 1976, The Waves and Genji's Door Japan Through Its Cinema, Pantheon Books, NY

Nolletti, Arthur Jr and Desser, David, 1992, Reframing Japanese Cinema Authorship, Genre, History, Indiana University Press, Bloomington

Prince, Stephen, 1991, The Warrior's Camera, Princeton University Press, Princeton

Richie, Donald, 1971, Japanese Cinema, Anchor Books, Doubleday, Garden City

Sato, Tadao, 1987, Currents in Japanese Cinema, Kodansha International, Tokyo

Schilling, Mark, 1999, Contemporary Japanese Film, Weatherhill, New York

Silver, Alain, 1977, The Samurai Film, A.S. Barnes and Co., South Brunswick and New York

Turim, Maureen, 1998, The Films of Oshima Nagisa, University of California Press, Berkeley

Weisser, Thomas and Weisser, Yuko Mihara, 1996, Japanese Cinema The Essential Handbook, Vital Books, Miami

Weisser, Thomas and Weisser, Yuko Mihara, 1997, Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Vital Books, Miami Florida

Weisser, Thomas and Weisser, Yuko Mihara, 1998, Japanese Cinema Essential Handbook, Vital Books Inc., Miami

Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro, 2000, Kurasawa, Duke University Press, Durham

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT JAPAN

Befu, Harumi 1971 Japan, An Anthropological Approach Chandler Press, NY

Benedict, Ruth 1946The Sword and the Chrysanthemum Riverside Press, Cambridge

Nakane, Chie 1970 Japanese Society University of California Perss, Berkeley

Nobeck, Edward 1976 Changing Japan Waveland Press, Prospect heights, Ill.

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