Kenji Mizoguchi and the art of Japanese cinema

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"Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century." "The book tells the full story of this famously perfectionist, even tyrannical, director. Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns are all discussed and set in the context of Japan's changing popular and political culture."--Jacket.

subjects: Biography,  Motion picture producers and directors,  Motion pictures, biography,  Motion pictures, japan,  Motion pictures, history,  Mizoguchi, kenji , 1898-1956,  Motion picture producers and directors--japan--biography,  Pn1998.3.m58 s2813 2008,  791.43023/3092

People: Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956)

Places: Japan