جزییات کتاب
A very cursorary introduction to Japanese cinema, this focusses more on its origins. Most of the films featured are pre-1950, and very little is written about the Nikkatsu studios, or the Godzilla movies or less respectable 'genre films'. Instead this is useful as an introduction to serious film students , but it is hampered by its academic bias towards 'culturally important' film makers such as Ozu and Mizugochi, and is a little dry. For its size.
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دونالد ریچی (انگلیسی: Donald Richie؛ ۱۷ آوریل ۱۹۲۴(1924-04-17) – ۱۹ فوریه ۲۰۱۳(2013-02-19)) یک نویسنده اهل ایالات متحده آمریکا بود که بیشتر درباره مردم ژاپن، فرهنگ ژاپنی و بهخصوص سینمای ژاپن مینوشت.