{"product_id":"directed-by-yasujiro-ozu-9780520396715","title":"Directed by Yasujiro Ozu","description":"First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's \u003ci\u003eDirected by Yasujir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eō Ozu\u003c\/i\u003e has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneering translation brings Hasumi's landmark work to an English-speaking public for the first time, inviting a new readership to engage with this astutely observed, deeply moving meditation on the oeuvre of one of the giants of world cinema. Complemented by a critical introduction from acclaimed film scholar Aaron Gerow and rendered fluidly in Ryan Cook's agile translation, this volume will grace the shelves of cinephiles for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShiguéhiko Hasumi\u003c\/b\u003e (1936-) is a film and literary critic and scholar. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and was the twenty-sixth president of the University of Tokyo (1997-2001). He has received numerous awards, including the Yomiuri Bungaku Award for \u003ci\u003eAnti-Nihongoron\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHan-Nihongoron\u003c\/i\u003e, 1977), the Geijutsu Senshō Award for \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Mediocre Artist: On Maxime Du Camp \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eBonʻyō na geijutsuka no shōzō Makushimu Dyu Kan-ron\u003c\/i\u003e, 1988), and L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur from the French Ministry of Culture (1999). His many other works include \u003ci\u003eLectures on Hollywood Film History\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHariuddo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e eigashi kōgi\u003c\/i\u003e, 1993), \u003ci\u003eGodard, Manet, Foucault \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGodāru, Manē, Fūkō\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008), \u003ci\u003eOn Madame Bovary \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eBovarī fujin-ron, \u003c\/i\u003e 2014), \u003ci\u003eWhat Is a Shot? \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eShotto to wa nani ka\u003c\/i\u003e, 2022), and \u003ci\u003eOn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Ford \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eJon Fōdo-r\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eon, \u003c\/i\u003e 2022), all untranslated. Hasumi's productive relationships with influential filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Manoel de Oliveira, Theo Angelopoulos, Wim Wenders, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Pedro Costa, Leos Carax, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi are well documented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Gerow \u003c\/b\u003eis A. Whitney Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and of Film and Media Studies, at Yale University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVisions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRyan Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is a film scholar, translator, and librarian. He completed a PhD in Japanese film history at Yale University and has taught at Yale, Harvard, and Emory University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522973667602,"sku":"9780520396715","price":93.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bf8721e-4fe6-466d-a4cf-0623e317abdd.jpg?v=1731130903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/directed-by-yasujiro-ozu-9780520396715","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}