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The Birth of Cinema

The Birth of Cinema

When and how was cinema born? From the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe and Méliès's A Trip to the Moon to the emergence of Hollywood, this accessible guide explains the roughly 30-year...

The Birth of Cinema

When and how was cinema born? From the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe and Méliès's A Trip to the Moon to the emergence of Hollywood, this accessible guide explains the roughly 30-year...

Sunao Katabuchi's Animation: Applying History and Memory to Video Production

Sunao Katabuchi's Animation: Applying History a...

At the center of Sunao Katabuchi's work are stories about ordinary people who live in a small “corner” of the world. Suzu in In This Corner of the World and...

Sunao Katabuchi's Animation: Applying History a...

At the center of Sunao Katabuchi's work are stories about ordinary people who live in a small “corner” of the world. Suzu in In This Corner of the World and...

Tatsuya Mori's Visual Expression: Applying Language and Editing to Documentary Production

Tatsuya Mori's Visual Expression: Applying Lang...

Director Tatsuya Mori is widely known for his work as a filmmaker, but he is also exceptionally gifted at crafting language. In addition to his roles as a film director...

Tatsuya Mori's Visual Expression: Applying Lang...

Director Tatsuya Mori is widely known for his work as a filmmaker, but he is also exceptionally gifted at crafting language. In addition to his roles as a film director...

Kei Kumai's Social Realism: Applying Principles to Corporate Video

Kei Kumai's Social Realism: Applying Principles...

Born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 1930, Kei Kumai is known as one of the most important directors of socially conscious film in postwar Japan. His life was guided by...

Kei Kumai's Social Realism: Applying Principles...

Born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 1930, Kei Kumai is known as one of the most important directors of socially conscious film in postwar Japan. His life was guided by...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Films and Their Lineage

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae and the Appeal of Shimazu's Cinema

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.