The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday

One of the most well regarded of non-Western film directors, responsible for acknowledged classics like Tokyo Story (1953), Ozu Yasujiro worked during a period of immense turbulence for Japan and its population. This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and economic resurgence. Firmly situating him within the context of the Japanese film industry, Woojeong Joo examines Ozu's work as a studio director and his relation to sound cinema, and looks in-depth at his wartime experiences and his adaptation to postwar Japanese society. Drawing on Japanese materials not previously examined in western scholarship, this is a groundbreaking new study of a master of cinema.

Author: Woojeong Joo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 11/14/2018
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781474441001

About the Author
Woojeong Joo received his PhD degree from University of Warwick. He has worked at the University of East Anglia as a postdoctoral research assistant for the AHRC-funded project 'Manga to Movies' and is currently teaching in the Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program at Nagoya University, Japan.