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Space in Japanese Films

Author(s): Krzysztof Loska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Japanese Cinema; Mizoguchi Kenji; Kurosawa Akira; Ozu Yasujirô

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the way space is used and arranged in Japanese films. The differences between Japanese and European art (for example how objects are perceived, the role of perspective, the relation between the surface and the depth of the image) are reflected in how film images are constructed. The author points out certain key elements of image construction in Japanese cinematography. Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirô Ozu and Akira Kurosawa tried to develop their own rules of building visual space, and used perspective system used in traditional paintings.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 189-196
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish