Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. table of contents 7
3. list of plates 9
4. Foreword 13
5. Authors' Foreword 15
6. part one: background
7. 1. Slow Fade-in: 1896-1917 21
8. 2. Establishing shot: 1917-1923 35
9. 3. Wipe: 1923-1927 47
10. 4. Costume and property: 1927-1931 63
11. 5. The talkies, exterior: 1931-1939 72
12. 6. The talkies, interior: 1931-1939 (cont.) 90
13. 7. Shooting script: 1939-1945 126
14. 8. Background projection: 1939-1945 (cont.) 148
15. 9. New Sequence: 1945-1949 159
16. 10. Adaptation and atmosphere: 1949-1954 181
17. 11. Soft focus: 1954-1959 229
18. 12. Long-shot: 1954-1959. (cont.) 259
19. part two: foreground
20. 13. Content 315
21. 14. Technique 332
22. 15. Directors 346
23. 16. Actors 392
24. 17. Theaters and Audiences 412
25. appendixes
26. Appendix A. Second and Third Thoughts about the Japanese Film 439
27. Appendix B. Terminal Essay 457
28. Selected Bibliography: Japanese Language 481
29. Selected Bibliography: Non-Japanese Language 488
30. charts
31. Chart 1. Directors as Pupils and Teachers 495
32. Chart 2. Development of Major Companies 501
33. index
34. index 507