Download or read book Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi written by Adam Bingham and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the key genres in contemporary Japanese cinema through analysis of their key representative films. It considers both those films whose generic lineage is clearly definable (samurai, yakuza, horror) as well as the singularity of several recent trends in the country's filmmaking (such as magic realist filmmaking).