Benshi, Japanese Silent Film Narrators, and Their Forgotten Narrative Art of Setsumei

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Benshi, Japanese Silent Film Narrators, and Their Forgotten Narrative Art of Setsumei

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Country

국외

Production Date

2008-**-**

Language

영어

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Pages

312

ISBN/ISSN

9780773466487

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Dym, Jeffrey A. (저자), Edwin Mellen Press (발행처)

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Table of Contents FOREWORD = I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = V 1. SETTING THE STAGE = 1 ONCE THERE WERE BENSHI WHO PERFORMED SETSUMEI = 1 BENSHI IN OTHER COUNTRIES = 4 WHY JAPAN? = 8 2. INTRODUCTION OF MOTION PICTURES INTO JAPAN AND THE BIRTH OF BENSHI = 21 THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE MACHINES = 21 PROBLEM SOLVING = 23 PERFORMERS, PITCHMEN, PEDDLERS, AND ATTRACTIONS = 27 3. LAYING THE FOUNDATION: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF BENSHI AND SETSUMEI = 37 THE DENKIKAN AND SOMEI SABURO = 37 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR = 44 THE THEATER MILIEU = 49 4. THE PERIOD OF EXPERIMENTATION, 1908-1914 = 61 5. THE BENSHI THEMSELVES: TRAINING, BACKGROUND, REMUNERATION, LIFESTYLE, AND PREPARATION = 75 BENSHI TRAINING = 75 WHO WERE THE BENSHI? = 84 VICISSITUDES OF BEING A BENSHI: FAME, FORTUNE, SICKNESS, AND SHORT CAREERS = 91 FROM HEDONISM TO BUDDHISM: LIFESTYLES OF THE BENSHI = 98 PREPARING FOR THE SHOW = 104 6. GOVERNMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE BENSHI = 119 BENSHI EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSING = 122 BENSHI AS SOCIAL EDUCATORS = 131 GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP = 134 7. THE PURE FILM MOVEMENT'S ATTACK ON THE BENSHI = 141 THE NEED TO REFORM JAPANESE CINEMA = 141 ATTACKING KOWAIRO BENSHI = 154 ATTACKING FOREIGN FILM BENSHI = 157 8. PERIOD OF UNIFICATION, 1917-1925 = 163 ELIMINATION OF MAESETSU = 164 ELIMINATION OF KOWAIRO SETSUMEI = 167 9. THE ART OF SETSUMEI = 173 SETSUMEI OUTSIDE THE CINEMA = 176 THE ART OF SETSUMEI = 183 10. THE TALKIE REVOLUTION AND DEMISE OF THE BENSHI = 193 TALKIES = 193 BENSHI STRIKE BACK = 207 11. FORGOTTEN BUT NOT DEAD = 219 NOTES = 229 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY = 261 INDEX = 285

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