Download PDF by Matthew Edwards: The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema: Critical Essays

By Matthew Edwards

ISBN-10: 0786479124

ISBN-13: 9780786479122

Seventy years after the nuclear assaults on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan continues to be facing the results of the bombings at the nationwide psyche. From the career interval to the current, eastern cinema had provided a method of coming to phrases with some of the most arguable occasions of the twentieth century. From the monster video clips Gojira (1954) and Mothra (1961) to experimental works like pass Shibata’s NN-891102 (1999), atomic bomb imagery gains in all genres of jap film.
This choice of new essays explores the cultural aftermath of the bombings and its expression in eastern cinema. The members tackle a few advanced concerns, together with the affliction of the survivors (hibakusha), the phobia of destiny holocausts and the risk of nuclear battle. specific interviews with cross Shibata and severely acclaimed administrators Roger Spottiswoode (Hiroshima) and Steven Okazaki (White Light/Black Rain) are included.

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