The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema

by Daisuke Miyao

In this revealing study, Daisuke Miyao explores "the aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century. This term, coined by the production designer Yoshino Nobutaka, refers to the perception that shadows add depth and mystery. Miyao analyzes how this notion became naturalized as the representation of beauty in Japanese films, situating Japanese cinema within transnational film history. He examines the significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354225
• ISBN13: 9780822354222
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"