Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2

John Berra is a lecturer in Film and Language Studies at Renmin University of China. He is the author of Declarations of Independence: American Cinema and the Partiality of Independent Production (2008); editor of the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent volumes 1, 2 and 3; editor of the Directory of World Cinema:Japan volumes 1, 2 and 3; co-editor of World Film Locations: Beijing (2012) and World Film Locations: Shanghai (2014); and co-editor of the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture. He has also contributed to Electric Shadows: A Century of Chinese Cinema (2014).

• Film of the Year Sawako DecidesFestival Focus JAPAN CUTSIndustry Spotlight Interview with John WilliamsCultural Crossover Japanese Cinema and Bunraku Puppetry Japanese Cinema and PhotographyScoring Cinema KikujiroStardom and Cinema Kinuyo TanakaDirectors Kiyoshi Kurosawa Tetsuya Nakashima Naoko Ogigami Hiroshi Shimizu Shuji TerayamaAlternative JapanAnime / AnimationChambara / Samurai CinemaContemporary BlockbustersJ-Horror / Japanese HorrorJidai-geki / Period DramaNuberu bagu/ The Japanese New WaveSeishun eiga / Japanese Youth CinemaShomin-geki / Lower Class LifeYakuza / Gangster