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Historical dictionary of Japanese cinema

Japanese cinema's long history of production has seen films made in a variety of genres, including melodramas, romances, gangster movies, samurai movies, musicals, horror films, and monster films. It has also produced famous names such as: Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Beat Takeshi, Toshirô Mifune, Godzilla, The Ring, Akira, Rashomon, and Seven Samurai. This dictionary is an overview of the long history of Japanese cinema with entries covering key films, genres, studios, directors, performers, and other individuals
Print Book, English, ©2011
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., ©2011
Dictionary
xl, 523 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780810857957, 9780810875418, 0810857952, 0810875411
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