Japanese cinema and punk : intermedial exchanges /
"In Japanese Cinema and Punk, Mark Player explores how the do-it-yourself ethos of punk empowered a new generation of Japanese filmmakers during a time of crisis and change for Japan's film industry. Analyzing key examples such as Burst City (1982), Robinson's Garden (1987) and Tetsuo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2025.
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| Series: | Tauris world cinema series ;
v. 39. |
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| Summary: | "In Japanese Cinema and Punk, Mark Player explores how the do-it-yourself ethos of punk empowered a new generation of Japanese filmmakers during a time of crisis and change for Japan's film industry. Analyzing key examples such as Burst City (1982), Robinson's Garden (1987) and Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), he traces the changing sociocultural position of Japan's punk movement throughout the 1980s, from its euphoric early-80s highpoint to a growing dysphoria brought about by its co-opting and convergence by the mainstream"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography, discography and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350378568 1350378569 9781350378605 1350378607 |