Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926-1945
by
Hikari Hori
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
In Promiscuous Media, Hikari Hori makes a compelling case that the visual culture of Showa-era Japan articulated urgent issues of modernity rather than serving as a simple expression of nationalism. Hori makes clear that the Japanese cinema of the time was in fact almost wholly built on a foundation...