Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema

by David Desser

Book Overview

The decade of the 1960s encompassed a "New Wave" of films whose makers were rebels, challenging cinematic traditions and the culture at large. The films of the New Wave in Japan have, until now, been largely overlooked. Eros plus Massacre (taking its title from a 1969 Yoshida Yoshishige film) is the first major study devoted to the examination and explanation of Japanese New Wave film.

Desser organizes his volume around the defining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253204690
• ISBN13: 9780253204691
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher