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OverviewGhost 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 Nakagawa Nobuo’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 phrase 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 and traditions of the monstrous feminine, 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Michael Crandol (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9781350178731ISBN 10: 135017873 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 17 June 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMoving beyond the usual suspects of internationally acclaimed turn-of-the-millennium J-horror flicks, Michael Crandol's groundbreaking study of the transnational history of the horror film in Japan plunges us into the very bowels of the kitschy, wonderfully creepy, sometimes terrifying, always thrilling realm of the perennially popular Japanese cinema of the strange. -- Adam L. Kern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA A welcome challenge to the prevailing notion that genres such as supernatural horror should only be understood in Western terms. -- Jasper Sharp, Independent scholar, UK Moving beyond the usual suspects of internationally acclaimed turn-of-the-millennium J-horror flicks, Michael Crandol's groundbreaking study of the transnational history of the horror film in Japan plunges us into the very bowels of the kitschy, wonderfully creepy, sometimes terrifying, always thrilling realm of the perennially popular Japanese cinema of the strange. -- Adam L. Kern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA A welcome challenge to the prevailing notion that genres such as supernatural horror should only be understand in Western terms. -- Jasper Sharp, Independent scholar, UK Author InformationMichael Crandol is an assistant professor of Japanese studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is the author of several articles on the history of Japanese horror film, including a chapter in The Japanese Cinema Book (British Film Institute, 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |