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Availability:In StockContributor:Alastair PhillipsSeries:BFI Film ClassicsPublish date:2022-11-03Pages:112
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781911239239ISBN-10:1911239236UPC:9781911239239Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Media StudiesBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.10 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCKSWH2PP2

This BFI Film Classics study of Tokyo Monogatari/Tokyo Story (1953) reveals the making, meaning and legacy behind Ozu Yasujiro's masterpiece.

Ozu's moving family drama is universally acknowledged as one of the most significant Japanese films ever made. In its complex portrait of human motivation and lively sense of social space, it offers a profound and poignant insight into the generational shifts of post-war Japan.

Alastair Phillips provides an in-depth analysis of the film and its key locations - the city of Tokyo, the town of Onomichi and the coastal resort of Atami - with a discussion of its representation of Japanese society at a time of great cultural change. Drawing upon Japanese and English language sources, he situates the film within various contemporary critical and industrial contexts and examines the multiple international dimensions of Tokyo Story's long after-life to understand its enormous contribution to global film culture.
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781911239239ISBN-10:1911239236UPC:9781911239239Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Media StudiesBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.10 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCKSWH2PP2
Alastair Phillips is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the co-editor (with Hideaki Fujiki) of The Japanese Cinema Book (BFI, 2020) and Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts (2007) (with Julian Stringer). He is an editor of Screen.
Publisher: British Film Institute

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