ReFocus: The Films of Kon Ichikawa

Bringing together scholars from around the world, ReFocus: The Films of Kon Ichikawa features 12 original chapters exploring the prolific career of the Japanese director.

In addition to an introduction which provides comprehensive biographical information and an extensive chronicle of Ichikawa’s impressively expansive and influential eight decades in the film industry, the chapters range over his filmmaking philosophies and methods, his collaborations with such important figures as his wife ...