1st Edition

Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries Understanding the Origins of East Asian Film Networks

By Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia Copyright 2010
288 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

305 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on first-hand materials collected from the Chinese and Japanese literature as well as interviews with more than twenty filmmakers and scholars Kinnia Shuk-ting Yau provides a solid historical account of the complex interactions between Japanese and Hong Kong film industries from the 1930s to 1970s. The author describes in detail how Japan’s efforts during the 1930s and 1940s to... Read more

1. Hong Kong and Japanese Cinemas before and during Wartime  2. Connection between Chinese and Japanese Cinemas Initiated by Zhonghua Dianying  3. Immediate Causes of Hong Kong-Japan Collaboration  4. The Golden Age of Hong Kong-Japan Collaboration.  Conclusion

Biography

Dr. YAU Shuk-ting, Kinnia is Associate Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.