Japanese Film Research Guide

Books:

 
To find materials either written by an author or criticism about his/her work(s) in the catalog, try this entry:
 
                    Akira Kurosawa
 
You may want to search broad subject headings for information on motion pictures, social and political aspects of motion pictures etc.  Listed below are some representative subject headings:
 
MOTION PICTURES—JAPAN; MOTION PICTURES—POLITICAL ASPECTS—JAPAN; CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTICS IN MOTION PICTURES

Reference Books:

Galbraith, Stuart. The Japanese filmography : a complete reference to 209 filmmakers and the over 1250 films released in the United States, 1900 through 1994. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1990.
REF PN1993.5.J3G35 1996
 
Grant, Barry Keith. Schirmer encyclopedia of film. 4 vols. Detroit : Schirmer Reference, c2007.
Ref PN1993.45.G65 2007
 
Pendergast, Tom and Sara Pendergast, eds. International dictionary of films and filmmakers. Detroit : St. James Press, c2000.
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Main Stacks Books:

Budd, David H.  Culture Meets Culture In The Movies : An Analysis East,  West, North, And South, With Filmographies.  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2002.
BKS PN1995.9.I55 B83 2002

Buehrer, Beverley Bare. Japanese films: a filmography and commentary, 1921-1989. Jefferson, N.C. :  McFarland & Co., c1990.
BKS PN1993.5.J3 B78 1990

Geiger, Jeffrey and R.L. Rutsky. Film analysis : a Norton reader. New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
PN1994 .F43814 2005

Hirano, Kyoko. Mr. Smith goes to Tokyo: Japanese cinema under the American occupation, 1945-1952. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institute, c1992.
BKS PN1993.5.J3H57 1992

Lau, Jenny Kwok Wah. Multiple modernities: cinemas and popular media in transcultural East Asia. Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, c2003.
BKS PN1993.5.E19 M75 2003
 
McDonald, Keiko I.   Cinema East : A Critical Study Of Major Japanese Film. Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c1983.
BKS PN1993.5.J3M35 1983

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Databases:

 
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Film & Television Literature Index
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Humanities Full Text
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 300 periodicals in archaeology, art , classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature.
 
JSTOR 
A searchable and browsable archive of full-text core journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Such as Cinema Journal (1966-2001), and Film Quarterly (1958-2002).
 
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
Consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Includes citations to articles from over 3000 journals and series published internationally, as well as monographs, collections, and various types of reference works.
 
Project Muse
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Style Guides:

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  6th ed.  NY:  Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
Reference Research Consulting Desk/LB/2369/G53/2003

Research and Documentation Online.
Guide to the major documentation styles

Gale Products: Citing Literature Resource Center and Biography Resource Center.

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