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Aaron Gerow

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My name is also listed as Aaron Andrew Gerow. I teach Japanese and East Asian cinema and culture at Yale University in the USA. My most recent books are Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925; Kitano Takeshi; and A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan. I've also written the Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies with Abe Mark Nornes. Before coming to Yale, I spent nearly 12 years in Japan working for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and teaching at Yokohama National University and Meiji Gakuin University. I have published numerous works in English, Japanese and other languages on such topics as Japanese early cinema, contemporary directors, film ...more

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Shogun, Jidaigeki, and Sanada Hiroyuki

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	Directed by Yasujiro Ozu by Shiguéhiko Hasumi, Aaron Gerow (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Ryan Cook (Translator) 4.65 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Black Book, Movies: Over a Century of the Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes, Speeches and Events That Rocked the Movie World by Chris Fujiwara (Editor, Contributor), Geoff Andrew (Contributor), Sonia Benjamin (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage by William M. Tsutsui (Editor), Michiko Ito (Editor), Eric Rath (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitano Takeshi 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islands of Discontent: Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power by Laura Hein (Editor), Aaron Gerow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gerald Figal (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan (Volume 64) (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	日本戦前映画論集―映画理論の再発見― by Aaron Gerow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), 岩本憲児 (Editor), Abé Mark Nornes (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Kitano Takeshi)] [Author: Aaron Gerow] published on (January, 2009) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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