{"product_id":"9783030330538","title":"East Asian Popular Culture: An Elemental Cinema","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEast Asian Popular Culture: An Elemental Cinema\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEhrlich, Linda C.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema \u003c\/i\u003edraws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documentaries of award-winning Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu. With his recent top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for \u003ci\u003eShoplifters\u003c\/i\u003e, Kore-eda is arguably Japan’s greatest living director with an international viewership. He approaches difficult subjects (child abandonment, suicide, marginality) with a realistic and compassionate eye.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe lyrical tone of the writing of Japanese film scholar Linda C. Ehrlich perfectly complements the understated, yet powerful, tone of the films. From \u003ci\u003eAn Elemental Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will gain a special understanding of Kore-eda’s films through a novel connection to the natural elements as reflected in Japanese traditional aesthetics.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAn Elemental Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e presents Kore-eda’s oeuvre as a connected whole with overarching thematic concerns, despite frequent generic experimentation. It also offers an example of how the poetics of cinema can be practiced in writing, as well as on the screen, and helps readers understand the films of this contemporary director as works of art that relate to their own lives.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-01-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030330538\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-33051-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 298\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47692840272012,"sku":"9783030330538","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030330538.jpg?v=1776698346","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030330538","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}