A Study on Benshi Tradition in Early Japanese Cinema : The Rise and Fall of Benshi

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Title: A Study on Benshi Tradition in Early Japanese Cinema : The Rise and Fall of Benshi
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Country: 국내
Production Date: 2001-**-**
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Pages: 92
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Producer: Kyung Woo Kim (Yonsei University Janpanese Studies 석사 논문 저자)
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Contents: 영문목차 TABLE OF CONTENTS = i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS = iii ABSTRACT = iv LIST OF TABLES = v LIST OF FIGURES = vi CHAPTER I. Introduction = 1 1. Research Objective = 1 2. Research Method and Procedure = 4 II. The Rise of Benshi Tradition = 8 1. The Introduction of Motion Pictures = 8 2. Who Are Benshi = 10 3. Constructive Rapport with Traditional Cultures = 13 4. Integral Part of the Motion Picture = 20 III. Benshi within Motion Picture as Entertainment = 23 1. Benshi as a Box Office Attraction = 23 2. Benshi Training School = 28 3. Benshi as Cultural Icon = 30 IV. Benshi within Motion Picture as Mass Communication = 33 1. Direct Contact with the Individual = 34 2. Controls over Benshi = 40 2.1 Restriction on Educational Background = 40 2.2 Benshi Licensing and Testing = 43 V. Benshi within Motion Picture as Art = 50 1. Film Journalism = 51 2. The Pure Film Movement = 52 2.1 Control over Film Exhibition by Benshi = 52 2.2 Regaining Control over Film Exhibition from Benshi = 55 2.3 Epistemological paradigm shift = 58 2.4 The Great Kanto Earthquake = 60 VI. The Fall of Benshi Tradition = 62 1. Before Coming of Sound = 62 2. The Inevitable Wave of the Talkie = 66 2.1 Talking Motion Pictures = 66 2.2 Superimposed Subtitles = 68 3. Delay of Conversion to Talkie = 71 3.1 Lack of Capital = 72 3.2 Strikes of Benshi = 73 4. Benshi Thereafter = 77 VII. Conclusion = 79 Bibliography = 87

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