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<span><span>This book introduces film semiotics and demonstrates its use as a theoretical tool for reading Japanese popular movies and anime. </span></span>

Title Japanese mythology in film : a semiotic approach to reading Japanese film and anime / Yoshiko Okuyama.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books
Creation Date 2015
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Part I. SEMIOTICS FOR FILM ANALYSIS
Chapter 1. Introduction: What Is Semiotics?
Chapter 2. Reading Film: The Nature of Interpretation
Chapter 3. Mythology in Film: Why Study Mythology in Popular Film and Anime?
Chapter 4. Storytelling: What Is in the Story?
Chapter 5. Visual Literacy: What Do We Get from Watching Film?
Part II. APPLICATION
Chapter 6. Taoism and Shinto Symbolism in Onmyoji (2001) and Onmyo¯ji II (2003)
Chapter 7. Folklore Motifs in Spirited Away (2001) and Princess Mononoke (2000)
Chapter 8. Motifs of Buddhism and Folklore in Dororo (2007) and Departures (2008)Chapter 9. Eclectic Myths in Mushi-shi (2006) and Cyborg Mythology of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Chapter 10. Conclusion. Social Usage of Mythology
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Extent 1 online resource (263 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2015
National Library system number 997010712411905171
MARC RECORDS
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