Japanese mythology in film a semiotic approach to reading Japanese film and anime

• Main Author: Okuyama, Yoshiko
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham Lexington Books 2015; Bloomsbury Publishing; Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Animated films; Animated films > Japan > History and criticism; Motion pictures; Motion pictures - Japan - History and criticism; Motion pictures > Semiotics; Mythology in motion pictures

A cyborg detective hunts for a malfunctioning sex doll that turns itself into a killing machine. A Heian-era Taoist slays evil spirits with magic spells from yin-yang philosophy. A young mortician carefully prepares bodies for their journey to the afterlife. A teenage girl drinks a cup of life-givin...