Acknowledgments  vii
Introduction  1
1. Establishing Pink Film  25
2. Pink Times and Pink Spaces  63
3. Kadokawa Film  96
4. The Radicalization of Kadokawa Film  122
5. V-Cinema  152
6. Subgenres: Violence, Finances, Sex, and True Accounts  176
Conclusion: Present Histories  204
Notes  225
Bibliography  273
Index  285

"A rich historical analysis. Recommended." — S. Pepper, Choice

"Provocative." — Etsuo Kono, Japan News

“Deeply thought-provoking. . . . Alexander Zahlten’s study represents a major scholarly contribution to the fields of Japanese film and media studies and allied disciplines. The End of Japanese Cinema is a remarkable achievement in the scholarship of film and media, both from and in Japan.”
  — Rea Amit, Film Quarterly

“The End of Japanese Cinema is an innovative account of some significant currents within modern Japanese film which have tended to be marginalised.” — Alexander Jacoby, Sight & Sound

"A rich historical analysis. Recommended." —S. Pepper, Choice

"Provocative." —Etsuo Kono, Japan News

“Deeply thought-provoking. . . . Alexander Zahlten’s study represents a major scholarly contribution to the fields of Japanese film and media studies and allied disciplines. The End of Japanese Cinema is a remarkable achievement in the scholarship of film and media, both from and in Japan.”
  —Rea Amit, Film Quarterly

“The End of Japanese Cinema is an innovative account of some significant currents within modern Japanese film which have tended to be marginalised.” —Alexander Jacoby, Sight & Sound

"Thanks to the studio system and the canonical work of auteurs, there was a time when everyone knew the greatness of Japanese film—when everyone knew exactly what Japanese cinema was. This gave way to a sense of decline, if not an end, after the demise of the new wave. In his provocative new book, Alexander Zahlten directs us to the curious, protean margins of the industry to redefine our understanding of 'Japanese cinema.'" — Markus Nornes, coauthor of, A Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies

"Alexander Zahlten emphasizes a constellation of cinematic attributes that have rarely been considered so seriously in Japanese film and media studies: industry and industrial structures, distribution infrastructures, and viewing spaces. Demonstrating a special command of industry history, Zahlten facilitates fruitful dialogue between text and context that will change how people talk about Japanese cinema. A great read." — Miryam Sas, author of, Experimental Arts in Postwar Japan: Moments of Encounter, Engagement, and Imagined Return

Permission to Photocopy (coursepacks)

If you are requesting permission to photocopy material for classroom use, please contact the Copyright Clearance Center at copyright.com;

If the Copyright Clearance Center cannot grant permission, you may request permission from our Copyrights & Permissions Manager (use Contact Information listed below).

Permission to Reprint

If you are requesting permission to reprint DUP material (journal or book selection) in another book or in any other format, contact our Copyrights & Permissions Manager (use Contact Information listed below).

Images/Art

Many images/art used in material copyrighted by Duke University Press are controlled, not by the Press, but by the owner of the image. Please check the credit line adjacent to the illustration, as well as the front and back matter of the book for a list of credits. You must obtain permission directly from the owner of the image. Occasionally, Duke University Press controls the rights to maps or other drawings. Please direct permission requests for these images to permissions@dukeupress.edu.
For book covers to accompany reviews, please contact the publicity department.

Subsidiary Rights/Foreign Translations

If you're interested in a Duke University Press book for subsidiary rights/translations, please contact permissions@dukeupress.edu. Include the book title/author, rights sought, and estimated print run.

Disability Requests

Instructions for requesting an electronic text on behalf of a student with disabilities are available here.

Rights & Permissions Contact Information

Email: permissions@dukeupress.edu

Email contact for coursepacks: asstpermissions@dukeupress.edu

Fax: 919-688-4574

Mail:
Duke University Press
Rights and Permissions
905 W. Main Street
Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27701

For all requests please include:

1. Author's name. If book has an editor that is different from the article author, include editor's name also.

2. Title of the journal article or book chapter and title of journal or title of book

3. Page numbers (if excerpting, provide specifics)

For coursepacks, please also note: The number of copies requested, the school and professor requesting

For reprints and subsidiary rights, please also note: Your volume title, publication date, publisher, print run, page count, rights sought