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Paperback / softback. New. A guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century - Kenji Mizoguchi. It discusses Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns. ISBN 1847882307 9781847882301 [GB]
ISBN10: 1847882307, ISBN13: 9781847882301, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Softcover Paperback. Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters - together with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa - of Japanese cinema. Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century.Born at the end of the nineteenth century into a wealthy family, Mizoguchi's early life influenced the themes he would take up in his work. His father's ambitious business ventures failed and the family fell into poverty. His mother died and his elder sister was obliged to enter a geisha house to support the family. Her earnings paid for Mizoguchi's education. Weak and deluded men and strong, self-sacrificing women - these were to become the obsessive motifs of Mizoguchi's films.Mizoguchi's apprenticeship in cinema was peculiarly Japanese. His concerns - the role of women and the realist representation of the inequities of Japanese society - were not. Through two World Wars, Japan's culture changed. Though censored, Mizoguchi continued to produce films. It was only in the 1950s that Mizoguchi's astonishing cinematic vision became widely known outside Japan.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 ...
ISBN10: 1847882307, ISBN13: 9781847882301, [publisher: Berg Publishers] Softcover New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service. [Irving, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 1847882307, ISBN13: 9781847882301, [publisher: Berg Publishers] Softcover Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.75 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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