It is consequently fairly academic in its delivery, which among other things means that it has a relatively well defined thesis that it defends throughout, giving the book a comparatively good, solid structure that makes it easy to read. Sorensen is a Danish postdoctoral Film & Media Studies research fellow from the University of Copenhagen, and may be familiar to many readers from the video essay that he recorded for Criterion’s Drunken Angel.Ĭensorship of Japanese Films is a revised version of the author’s PhD dissertation. Occupation of Japan: The Cases of Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa, is the latest English language Kurosawa book to make its way to the bookshops on the eve of 2010, Kurosawa’s centenary year. Lars-Martin Sorensen’s new book, Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S. Occupation of Japan explains the basics of occupation era censorship, gives an interesting interpretation of Ozu, but offers quite little in terms of new Kurosawa scholarship. Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S.
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