{"title":"Daisuke Miyao","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaisuke Miyao\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into film and culture, weaving together detailed analysis with broader ethical questions. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eLe Samouraï\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOzu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into cinematic aesthetics and philosophical reflections, inviting readers to reconsider classic and contemporary cinema through a nuanced lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e sphere, Miyao's books blend scholarly rigor with accessible writing, appealing to those interested in film theory, cultural studies, and the ethical dimensions of artistic expression. His collection encourages a deeper engagement with the complexities of visual storytelling and its impact within society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"le-samourai-by-daisuke-miyao-9781839029639","title":"Le Samouraï","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling study, Daisuke Miyao explores Jean-Pierre Melville's cult 1967 thriller \u003ci\u003eLe Samouraï\u003c\/i\u003e, a film that unfolds in a coolly stylised Paris where the paths of a contract killer, Jef Costello (Alain Delon), and the police commissaire pursuing him (François Périer) fatally intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its title, \u003ci\u003eLe Samouraï\u003c\/i\u003e is not a sword-clashing tale of feudal Japan. Rather, Miyao suggests that the film's philosophical framework draws on both existentialism and the samurai moral philosophy of bushido, or 'the way of the warrior', and considers how these philosophies may help explain Jef Costello's identity crisis and his concluding act of self-annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a close analysis of Melville's technical and aesthetic decisions, Miyao highlights the film's use of close-ups to convey or mask emotion, the play of light and shadow, and the function of flashbacks and dream sequences in the narrative, as well as the meanings of Costello's pet bullfinch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSetting \u003ci\u003eLe Samouraï\u003c\/i\u003e within the shifting landscape of post-war French cinema, Miyao traces its dialogue with Hollywood film noir and Japanese art cinema, particularly Kurosawa's \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e (1950), suggesting that both genres informed and influenced Melville's film-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, Miyao discusses the film’s enduring legacy, from Jim Jarmusch’s \u003ci\u003eGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) to Yoko M.’s 2020 novella \u003ci\u003eJef\u003c\/i\u003e, a prequel to the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548195799276,"sku":"9781839029639","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f47ef6cdda4492124226646d9325a4c9.jpg?v=1776900841"},{"product_id":"ozu-and-the-ethics-of-indeterminacy-by-daisuke-miyao-9781478029878","title":"Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOzu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy\u003c\/em\u003e re-examines cinema studies through the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu, employing the multiple methodologies and indeterminacy of Ozu’s films as a model for discussions of cinema’s relationship to the world and the formation of film studies as a discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCentering a selection of Ozu films in each chapter, Daisuke Miyao builds a method based on the way films directed by Ozu avoid unitary perspective and allow multiple possibilities of standpoint and spectatorial position, which Miyao calls the ethics of indeterminacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing Ozu’s use of cinematography, narrative, and color, Miyao theorizes the indeterminate in film—the seen and unseen, human and nonhuman, domestic and international—to initiate a multi-directional dialogue on the study of cinema that reaches beyond auteurism and culturalism to establish a new basis for disciplinary conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934176821484,"sku":"9781478029878","price":349.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781478029878-ozu-and-the-ethics-of-indeterminacy.jpg?v=1783901712"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/daisuke-miyao.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}