When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna Ga Kaidan O Agaru Toki) - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Catherine RussellSeries:BFI Film ClassicsPublish date:2025-04-17Pages:88
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781839026430ISBN-10:183902643XUPC:9781839026430Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, AsiaBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & Criticism, JapanSize:7.48 x 5.32 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCWHS2F70K
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna Ga Kaidan O Agaru Toki)
Mikio Naruse's When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960) combines high melodrama with modernist film language, telling the story of Keiko, a bar hostess struggling to succeed in Tokyo's Ginza district.
Catherine Russell's study of the film provides an in-depth analysis of Naruse's distinctive filmmaking, from his use of two-shots in confined spaces, unique lighting techniques, and his "invisible"...Series: BFI Film Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781839026430ISBN-10:183902643XUPC:9781839026430Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, AsiaBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & Criticism, JapanSize:7.48 x 5.32 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCWHS2F70K
Catherine Russell is Professor of Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Canada. She is author of Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity (2008).
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