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  • Yamamba’s Mountains

    These writings are inspired by the medieval-period Japanese Noh play Yamamba, and by Ohba Minako's short story "Smile of a Mountain Witch" which contemporizes the Yamamba legend. Yamamba (sometimes written as "Yamauba") is an elderly figure who is alternately described as a "witch" or a "holy spirit."The first act of the Noh play presents a priest and dancer on pilgrimage to Zenkoji Temple ... Read more

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    An Open Window

    To coincide with the recent DVD release of The Spirit of the Beehive, this paperback collection of essays focuses on the work of acclaimed Spanish director, Víctor Erice. Originally published in hardcover under the title An Open Window, this expanded edition draws on original essays, reprints, and new translations from an international group of writers.New to this edition are four essays from ... Read more

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    Through provocative essays by specialists in different aspects of Japanese culture, this book provides an historical and analytical survey of the presence of Goddesses in Japanese audiovisual culture from its origins to the present day. It shows how these feminine myths are represented in Japan; not only as beneficial or creative deities, but also the archetypal strong or dominant woman that ... Read more

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  • The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu

    An Elemental Cinema

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema draws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documentaries of award-winning Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu. With his recent top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters, Kore-eda is arguably Japan’s greatest living director with an international viewership. He approaches difficult subjects (child abandonment, ... Read more

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  • Yamamba

    In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch

    Women, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific ... Read more

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  • Good Films, Cheap Wine, Few Friends

    A Memoir

    The memoirs of Juan Luis Buñuel (b. 1934 in Paris) offer a first-hand look at the life of a vibrant man who has been surrounded by important figures of the twentieth century, including his father Luis Buñuel, Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, and Orson Welles, among many others. A filmmaker, sculptor, painter and raconteur in his own right, Juan Luis's writings reveal a Buñuelian sense of lucid, dark ... Read more

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