STEPHEN PRINCE is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He has written or edited fourteen books, including The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa and Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality (Rutgers University Press).

• Introduction 11 Conjoining Spirit and World 122 A Sharp and Piercing Thorn 703 The Logic of Negation 1234 Guardians of the Gate 1785 A Pilgrim on the Silk Road 240Acknowledgments 297Films by Kobayashi Masaki 299Notes 301Index 315

"He was regarded as a 'filmmaker of steel,' But throughout his films you can see the figure of the director himself, drawn to beauty, friendly, easily moved to tears, prone to feeling lonely, straightforward, and possessing the heart of a youth…. It has been one hundred years since Kobayashi Masaki's birth and twenty since his death. I sincerely hope that through Professor Prince's book, the thoughts that director Kobayashi entrusted to his films will cross national borders and reach a new generation." — Kajiyama Koko, managing director, Geiyukai, Kobayashi Masaki archive"Prince, already one of the field's greatest observers of film form, has moved beyond form to demonstrate Kobayashi's deep humanism, fierce political convictions, and religio-philosophical leanings within a career of rare depth and beauty. This is the definitive work."— David Desser, author of The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa"Prince, an expert on Japanese cinema, offers a profound, passionate, and introspective account of another Japanese master."— Senses of Cinema"Draws on previously untranslated material in a study of the Japanese filmmaker (1916-96), who is known for his critique of war and militarism."— Chronicle"[A] meticulously researched new book, A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki, is sensitive to many of these issues and refreshingly demonstrates the insights a scholar can arrive at by using rigorous auteurist analysis and concentrating on recurring stylistic and narrative devices."— New York Review of Books"Prince delves broadly and deeply into the world of Kobayashi's films, providing an introduction to the international community. This will be a great boon to a new generation of audiences."— Ogasawara Kiyoshi, co-writer of the screenplay for Tokyo saiban

STEPHEN PRINCE is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He has written or edited fourteen books, including The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa and Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality (Rutgers University Press).

• Introduction 11 Conjoining Spirit and World 122 A Sharp and Piercing Thorn 703 The Logic of Negation 1234 Guardians of the Gate 1785 A Pilgrim on the Silk Road 240Acknowledgments 297Films by Kobayashi Masaki 299Notes 301Index 315

"He was regarded as a 'filmmaker of steel,' But throughout his films you can see the figure of the director himself, drawn to beauty, friendly, easily moved to tears, prone to feeling lonely, straightforward, and possessing the heart of a youth…. It has been one hundred years since Kobayashi Masaki's birth and twenty since his death. I sincerely hope that through Professor Prince's book, the thoughts that director Kobayashi entrusted to his films will cross national borders and reach a new generation." — Kajiyama Koko, managing director, Geiyukai, Kobayashi Masaki archive"Prince, already one of the field's greatest observers of film form, has moved beyond form to demonstrate Kobayashi's deep humanism, fierce political convictions, and religio-philosophical leanings within a career of rare depth and beauty. This is the definitive work."— David Desser, author of The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa"Prince, an expert on Japanese cinema, offers a profound, passionate, and introspective account of another Japanese master."— Senses of Cinema"Draws on previously untranslated material in a study of the Japanese filmmaker (1916-96), who is known for his critique of war and militarism."— Chronicle"[A] meticulously researched new book, A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki, is sensitive to many of these issues and refreshingly demonstrates the insights a scholar can arrive at by using rigorous auteurist analysis and concentrating on recurring stylistic and narrative devices."— New York Review of Books"Prince delves broadly and deeply into the world of Kobayashi's films, providing an introduction to the international community. This will be a great boon to a new generation of audiences."— Ogasawara Kiyoshi, co-writer of the screenplay for Tokyo saiban

STEPHEN PRINCE is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He has written or edited fourteen books, including The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa and Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality (Rutgers University Press).

• Introduction 11 Conjoining Spirit and World 122 A Sharp and Piercing Thorn 703 The Logic of Negation 1234 Guardians of the Gate 1785 A Pilgrim on the Silk Road 240Acknowledgments 297Films by Kobayashi Masaki 299Notes 301Index 315

"He was regarded as a 'filmmaker of steel,' But throughout his films you can see the figure of the director himself, drawn to beauty, friendly, easily moved to tears, prone to feeling lonely, straightforward, and possessing the heart of a youth…. It has been one hundred years since Kobayashi Masaki's birth and twenty since his death. I sincerely hope that through Professor Prince's book, the thoughts that director Kobayashi entrusted to his films will cross national borders and reach a new generation." — Kajiyama Koko, managing director, Geiyukai, Kobayashi Masaki archive"Prince, already one of the field's greatest observers of film form, has moved beyond form to demonstrate Kobayashi's deep humanism, fierce political convictions, and religio-philosophical leanings within a career of rare depth and beauty. This is the definitive work."— David Desser, author of The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa"Prince, an expert on Japanese cinema, offers a profound, passionate, and introspective account of another Japanese master."— Senses of Cinema"Draws on previously untranslated material in a study of the Japanese filmmaker (1916-96), who is known for his critique of war and militarism."— Chronicle"[A] meticulously researched new book, A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki, is sensitive to many of these issues and refreshingly demonstrates the insights a scholar can arrive at by using rigorous auteurist analysis and concentrating on recurring stylistic and narrative devices."— New York Review of Books"Prince delves broadly and deeply into the world of Kobayashi's films, providing an introduction to the international community. This will be a great boon to a new generation of audiences."— Ogasawara Kiyoshi, co-writer of the screenplay for Tokyo saiban