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Film Criticism
Film Theory
forthcoming
Japanese Cinema
Kon Ichikawa
Media Studies
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- ISBN 9781399538572
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bringing together scholars from around the world, ReFocus: The Films of Kon Ichikawa features 12 original chapters exploring the prolific career of the Japanese director.
In addition to an introduction which provides comprehensive biographical information and an extensive chronicle of Ichikawa’s impressively expansive and influential eight decades in the film industry, the chapters range over his filmmaking philosophies and methods, his collaborations with such important figures as his wife and screenwriting partner Natto Wada and renowned cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, his fondness for animation and manga, and his adaptations of famous novels by such prominent authors as Yukio Mishima, Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, and Seishi Yokomizo.
Featuring new and groundbreaking work on one of the most important and influential of all Japanese filmmakers, ReFocus: The Films of Kon Ichikawa is a much-needed addition to film studies and the history of Japanese cinema.
Kyle Barrowman is a media and cinema studies lecturer in Chicago. He received his PhD from Cardiff University. He is the editor of Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema (2024) and his work has been published in such journals as Offscreen, Senses of Cinema, Global Media and China, Asian Cinema, Film-Philosophy and New Review of Film and Television Studies and in such edited collections as A Companion to the Action Film (2019), ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler (2023) and The Cinema of Stephen Chow (2024).
