DONALD RICHIE is the author of over a dozen books on Japanese film and culture, including the films of Akira Kurosawa and Ozu. He coauthored a long-standing text, The Japanese Film (revised in 1982), with Joseph Anderson, and has written or edited a number of other publications, among them the English screenplays of The Seven Samurai and Rashomon.
PAUL SCHRADER, who contributed the foreword to this book, is an established Hollywood director, who broke into film with the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. He has directed various hit movies, including Affliction (with Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe), American Gigolo (with Richard Gere), Light of Day (with Michael J. Fox), and Cat People. Among his numerous screenplays are Ringing Out the Dead (with Nicolas Cage), The Mosquito Coast, and The Last Temptation of Christ.
"Richie's expertise is hard to miss; surely he overlooks no aspect of these films." -Library Journal"... attention to all aspects of the filmmaking process ... a well-rounded examination that befits the complexity of the topic." -Kansai Time Out"The impressive amount of information ... and Richie's enthusiasm and critical acumen make this essential for film studies and collections." -Booklist"A concise, beautifully realized guide to the expansive history of Japanese film...." - aMagazine / aOnline"This is the essential survey." -Empire magazine"... provides a living document of an art form whose origins have more or less been forgotten." -The Daily Yomiuri"This is probably the best, extensive 'digest' on all aspects of Japanese cinema ... available today in English." -Cinemaya"Richie's sense of both future and past remains as sharp as ever." -Film Comment"... so elegant is the prose, so striking are the insights, ... it holds one rapt from first page to last." -The Asahi Shimbun
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