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Censorship of Japanese films during the U.S. occupation of Japan : the cases of Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sorensen, Lars-Martin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Japan > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Censorship > Japan > History > 20th century.
Ozu, Yasujirō, > 1903-1963 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kurosawa, Akira, > 1910-1998 > Criticism and interpretation.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Framing the occupied mindset: the core audience
  • Players in the arena of censorship
  • Directing the national family: the occupation films of Yasujiro Ozu
  • No regrets for whose youth?: the occupation films of Akira Kurosawa
  • Narrowing the concentric circles: results and perspectives.