Peter Cowie’s new book Akira Kurosawa: Master of Cinema was published last week to roughly coincide with Kurosawa’s centenary on March 23. Being a coffee table book, it is first More...
Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S. Occupation of Japan explains the basics of occupation era censorship, gives an interesting interpretation of Ozu, but offers quite little in terms of More...
Gail Singer has reviewed Teruyo Nogami’s Waiting on the Weather for the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail. Singer is positive about the book, concluding that this “addition to the vast library of interpretation of Kurosawa makes a nice teatime break.” For the whole review, see globeandmail.com.
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