Some Remarks on Space in Japanese Films
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The article presents the way space is used and arranged in Japanese films. The differences between Japanese and European art (for example in how objects are perceived, the role of perspective, the relation between the surface and the depth of the image, and the relationship between the center of an image and its borders) are reflected in how film images are constructed. The author points out certain key elements of image construction in Japanese cinematography. Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirö Ozu and Akira Kurosawa, tried to develop their own rules of building visual space, and who used perspective system used in traditional paintings.
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Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Japanese cinema, spaceReferences
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Krzysztof Loskakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Profesor UJ. Autor m.in. Encyklopedii filmu science fiction (2004), Tożsamości i mediów (2006). Współautor (z Andrzejem Pitrusem) książek: 100 filmów science fiction (2000) i David Cronenberg: rozpad ciała, rozpad gatunku (2003).
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