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PublisherI. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited

ISBN-101845110862

ISBN-139781845110864

eBay Product ID (ePID)46880983

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameOutlaw Masters of Japanese Film

LanguageEnglish

SubjectIndividual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

AuthorD. Chris

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-296178

Reviews"Legends have a basis in both a perceived 'virtual' reality and in a 'true life' reality. Chris D.'s book shows both sides, which is essential in understanding how filmmaking legends are born." -- Takashi Miike (director of such films as "Ichi, Dead or Alive" and "Audition.", "Legends have a basis in both a perceived 'virtual' reality and in a 'true life' reality. Chris D.'s book shows both sides, which is essential in understanding how filmmaking legends are born." -- Takashi Miike (director of such films as "Ichi, Dead or Alive" and "Audition".

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.4365269

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements * Introduction * Glossary * Kinji Fukasaku * Eiichi Kudo * Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba * Meiko Kaji * Junya Sato * Kihachi Okamoto * Kazuo Ikehiro * Masahiro Shinoda * Yasuharu Hasebe * Seijun Suzuki * Teruo Ishii * Koji Wakamatsu * Takashi Miike * Kiyoshi Kurosawa * Appendices: Japanese 'Outlaw' Films on DVD (subtitled in English) * Japanese 'Outlaw' Film Series * Female Yakuzas * The Studios * Selected Japanese 'Outlaw' Collaborators (screenwriters, cinematographers, composers) * Pantheon 'Outlaw' Directors (not represented in book) * Bibliography * Bibliography Appendix Fiction, Manga, Non-Fiction

Synopsis"Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film" offers an extraordinary close-up of the hitherto overlooked golden age of Japanese cult, action and exploitation cinema from the early 1950s through to the late 1970s, and up to the present day. Having unique access to the top maverick filmmakers and Japanese genre film icons, Chris D. brings together interviews with, and original writings on, the lives and films of such transgressive directors as Kinji Fukasaku ("Battles Without Honour and Humanity"), Seijun Suzuki ("Branded to Kill") and Koji Wakamatsu ("Ecstasy of the Angels") as well as performers like Shinichi 'Sonny' Chiba ("The Streetfighter", "Kill Bill Vol. 1") and glamorous actress Meiko Kaji ("Lady Snowblood"). Bringing the story up to date with an overview of such Japanese "enfants terrible" as Takashi Miike ("Audition") and Kiyoshi Kurasawa ("Cure"), the book also provides a compendium of facts and extras including filmographies, related bibliographies on genre fiction including Manga, and a section on female yakuzas. Illustrated with fantastic stills and posters from some of Japan's finest cult and action films, this is a veritable bible for fans and newcomers alike., "Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film" offers an extraordinary close-up of the hitherto overlooked golden age of Japanese cult, action and exploitation cinema from the early 1950s through to the late 1970s, and up to the present day. Having unique access to the top maverick filmmakers and Japanese genre film icons, Chris D. brings together interviews with, and original writings on, the lives and films of such transgressive directors as Kinji Fukasaku ("Battles Without Honour and Humanity"), Seijun Suzuki ("Branded to Kill") and Koji Wakamatsu ("Ecstasy of the Angels") as well as performers like Shinichi 'Sonny' Chiba ("The Streetfighter", "Kill Bill Vol. 1") and glamorous actress Meiko Kaji ("Lady Snowblood"). Bringing the story up-to-date with an overview of such Japanese 'enfants terrible' as Takashi Miike ("Audition") and Kiyoshi Kurasawa ("Cure"), this book also provides a compendium of facts and extras including filmographies, related bibliographies on genre fiction including Manga, and a section on female yakuzas. Illustrated with fantastic stills and posters from some of Japan's finest cult and action films, this is a veritable bible for fans and newcomers alike.

LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.J3