1st Edition
Rashomon Effects Kurosawa, Rashomon and their legacies
1. Introduction Blair Davis, Robert Anderson, Jan Walls 2. From Konjaku and Bierce to Akutagawa to Kurosawa: Ripples and the Evolution of Rashomon Jan Walls 3. ‘Smiled on by Lady Luck: Rashomon’ Teruyo Nogami 4. The Production History of Rashomon Donald Richie 5. Rashomon Perceived – The Challenge of Forging a Transnationally Shared View of Kurosawa’s Legacy Andrew Horvat 6. Rashomon as a Twelfth Century Period Picture and Occupation Period Social Critique Janice Matsumura 7. What is the Rashomon Effect? Robert Anderson 8. The Rashomon Effect: Considerations of Existential Anthropology Nur Yalman 9. Screening Truths: Rashomon and Cinematic Negotiation Blair Davis & Jef Burnham 10. Reflections on Rashomon, Kurosawa and the Japanese Audience Donald Richie 11. Kurosawa’s International Legacy Stephen Prince 12. Dialogue on Kurosawa: Nationality, Technique, Life Work Donald Richie and Stephen Prince 13. Conclusion: Ripples and Effects Robert Anderson, Blair Davis & Jan Walls
Biography
Blair Davis is an Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, USA.
Robert Anderson is Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
Jan Walls is a Professor Emeritus in the Humanities Department at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
