| Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s Contributor(s): Standish, Isolde (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826444709 ISBN-13: 9780826444707 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2011003730 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Out of a background of war, occupation and the legacies of Japan's post-defeat politics there emerged a dissentient group of avant-garde filmmakers who created a counter-cinema that addressed a newly constituted, politically conscious audience. While there was no formal manifesto for this movement and the various key filmmakers of the period (Oshima Nagisa, Imamura Shohei, Yoshida Yoshishige, Hani Susumu, Wakamatsu Koji and Okamoto Kihachi) experimented with very different conceptions of visual style, it is possible to identify a sensibility that motivated many of these filmmakers: a generational consciousness based on political opposition that was intimately linked to the student movements of the 1950s, and shared experiences as Japan's first generation of post-war filmmakers artistically stifled by a monopolistic and hierarchal commercial studio system that had emerged reinvigorated in the wake of the 'red purges' of the late-1940s. Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s provides a much needed overview of these filmmakers and reconsiders the question of dissent in the cultural landscape of Japan in the post-war period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Standish, Isolde: - Isolde Standish is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. |