Catherine Russell is Professor of Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Canada.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Classical, the Modern, and Japanese Cinema in the Global System 2. Yasujiro Ozu: A Short History of the Home Drama 3. Kenji Mizoguchi and his Women 4. Men with Swords and Men with Suits: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa 5. Mikio Naruse: A Japanese Woman's Cinema 6. Remembering the War: Three Postwar War Films Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Glossary

Catherine Russell offers a refreshing reconsideration of classic works of Japanese Cinema from the 1930s to the 1950s. Arguing for a nuanced application of the concept of "modern classicism" and foregrounding the centrality of melodrama to the study of well-crafted, studio-era films by canonical filmmakers including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa and Naruse, Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited moves elegantly between insightful reviews of individual films and a critical contextualization of the historical reception of these films in the West. Eminently readable and accessible, the book provides an excellent introduction to the golden era of Japanese cinema. --Yuriko Furuhata, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University

Catherine Russell is Professor of Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Canada.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Classical, the Modern, and Japanese Cinema in the Global System 2. Yasujiro Ozu: A Short History of the Home Drama 3. Kenji Mizoguchi and his Women 4. Men with Swords and Men with Suits: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa 5. Mikio Naruse: A Japanese Woman's Cinema 6. Remembering the War: Three Postwar War Films Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Glossary

Catherine Russell offers a refreshing reconsideration of classic works of Japanese Cinema from the 1930s to the 1950s. Arguing for a nuanced application of the concept of "modern classicism" and foregrounding the centrality of melodrama to the study of well-crafted, studio-era films by canonical filmmakers including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa and Naruse, Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited moves elegantly between insightful reviews of individual films and a critical contextualization of the historical reception of these films in the West. Eminently readable and accessible, the book provides an excellent introduction to the golden era of Japanese cinema. --Yuriko Furuhata, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University

Catherine Russell is Professor of Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Canada.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Classical, the Modern, and Japanese Cinema in the Global System 2. Yasujiro Ozu: A Short History of the Home Drama 3. Kenji Mizoguchi and his Women 4. Men with Swords and Men with Suits: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa 5. Mikio Naruse: A Japanese Woman's Cinema 6. Remembering the War: Three Postwar War Films Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Glossary

Catherine Russell offers a refreshing reconsideration of classic works of Japanese Cinema from the 1930s to the 1950s. Arguing for a nuanced application of the concept of "modern classicism" and foregrounding the centrality of melodrama to the study of well-crafted, studio-era films by canonical filmmakers including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa and Naruse, Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited moves elegantly between insightful reviews of individual films and a critical contextualization of the historical reception of these films in the West. Eminently readable and accessible, the book provides an excellent introduction to the golden era of Japanese cinema. --Yuriko Furuhata, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University