The Japanese film : art and industry / by Joseph L. Anderson and Donald Richie ; with a foreword by Akira Kurosawa
Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First Edition, Second Printing. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked dust-wrapper with sun-faded spine, now mylar-sleeved. Reader inscription to title page. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Item #455017
Physical description; 456 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Part one. Background. 1. Slow fade-in: 1896-1917 ; 2. Establishing shot: 1917-1923 ; 3. Wipe: 1923-1927 ; 4. Costume and property: 1927-1931 ; 5. The talkies, exterior: 1931-1939 ; 6. The talkies, interior: 1931-1939 ; 7. Shooting script: 1939-1945 ; 8. Background projection: 1939-1945 ; 9. New sequence: 1945-1949 ; 10. Adaptation and atmosphere: 1949-1954 ; 11. Soft focus: 1954-1959 ; 12. Long-shot: 1954-1959 -- Part two. Foreground. 13. Content ; 14. Technique ; 15. Directors ; 16. Actor ; 17. Theaters and audiences. Subjects; Motion pictures - Japan - History, Motion picture industry - Japan - History.
Price: €30.00