Re-viewing the past : the uses of history in the cinema of imperial Japan

Call No. (NDL): KD652-B187
Bibliographic ID of National Diet Library: 028788139

Material type: 図書

Author: Sean D. O'Reilly.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Publication date: 2018.

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9781501336027 hardcover alkaline paper
1501336029 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN (error code): 9781501336041 electronic book
Title: Re-viewing the past : the uses of history in the cinema of imperial Japan
Author/Editor: Sean D. O'Reilly.
Author Heading: O'Reilly, Sean, 1980-
Publication, Distribution, etc.: New York : Bloomsbury Academic (出版)
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2018
Extent: viii, 308 pages
Size: 24 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code): US
Text Language Code: eng
Content Type: text
Media Type: unmediated
Carrier Type: volume
Subject Heading: Historical films--Japan--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--Japan--History--20th century.
LCC: PN1995.9.H5
DDC: 791.43/658
NDLC: KD652
Target Audience: 一般
Note (Content): This book analyzes the complicated relationship between history films, audiences, reviewers and censors in Japan for the critically important years from 1925-1945. First contextualizing the history of the popular "Bakumatsu" period (1853-1868), the moment of Japan's emergence as a modern nation, Sean O'Reilly paves the way for a reinterpretation of Japanese pre and postwar cinema. Setting a film in the Bakumatsu period offered `cultural breathing room' to both filmmakers and viewers, offering a cinematic space where apolitical entertainment and now-forbidden themes like romance still reigned. Some filmmakers-and viewers-even conceived of these films as being a form of resistance against Japan's growing militarism. As comparisons between the popularity of such films versus that of state-sponsored propaganda films show, audiences responded enthusiastically to these glimmers of resistance. O'Reilly argues that we should turn our attention to the much more popular films of the time that were major hits with audiences in order to understand what resonated with wartime spectators, and to speculate about why this might have been the case. Including clips of these rare films, a so-far neglected area of Japanese film history is now firmly situated in context to offer a thought-provoking, multidisciplinary approach.
Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Collection (particular): 日本関係外国語図書
Holding library: 国立国会図書館
Call No.: KD652-B187
Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書
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Bibliographic ID (NDL): 028788139
http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/028788139
LC Control Number: 2018030777
https://lccn.loc.gov/2018030777
OCLC No.: 991749889
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/991749889
Cataloging Rule: RDA
Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211