Ghost in the well the hidden history of horror films in Japan / Michael Crandol.
| Author/creator | Crandol, Michael |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Kaiki eiga: defining classic Japanese horror films -- Ghost cats vs samaurai: prewar Kaiki cinema -- The dead sleep unwell: wartime and occupation censorship, and the postwar return of Kaiki -- Uncanny invasions: the Shintōhō Studio and Nakagawa Nobuo -- Back from the grave: the death of a genre, and the Kaiki legacy of J-horror -- The end ...? |
| Abstract | "Ghost in the Well is the first study to provide a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era to Classical period movies such as Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Nakagawa's Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959) to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures like the Ring and Ju-on franchises. Michael Crandol draws on a wide range of Japanese language sources, including magazines, posters and interviews with directors such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, to consider the development of kaiki eiga, the Japanese form meaning 'weird' or 'bizarre' films that most closely corresponds to Western understandings of 'horror'. He traces the origins of kaika eiga in Japanese kabuki theatre traditions, showing how these traditional forms were combined with the style and conventions of Hollywood horror to produce an aesthetic that was both transnational and peculiarly Japanese. Ghost in the Well sheds new light on one of Japanese cinema's best-known genres, while also serving as a fascinating case study of how popular film genres are re-imagined across cultural divides"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Crandol, Michael. Ghost in the well London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 9781350178748 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020041270 |
| ISBN | 9781350178762 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781350178755 (epub) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |