Japanese Cinema and Punk: Intermedial Exchanges

In Japanese Cinema and Punk, Mark Player examines how the do—it—yourself ethos of punk empowered a new generation of Japanese filmmakers during a period of crisis and change in Japan's film industry.

Drawing on rare materials and first—hand interviews with key figures from the jishu eiga (self—made film)
tradition, including Ishii Gakuryu (formerly Ishii Sogo), Yamamoto Masashi, Tsukamoto Shin'ya, and Fukui Shozin, Player explores how punk's bricolage style was leveraged to create exciting in...