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

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 mod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Reilly, Sean, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2018]
Subjects:	Historical films > Japan > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Japan > History > 20th century.

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