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A Scene at the Threshold: Liminality in the Films of Kitano Takeshi
Asian Cinema (1999)
  • Aaron Gerow
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Abstract
A reworking of an earlier article in Japanese and a precursor to my book Kitano Takeshi (BFI, 2007), this piece considers how liminal spaces such as beaches operate politically and cinematically in Kitano’s early films.
Keywords
  • Takeshi Kitano,
  • Beat Takeshi,
  • Japanese cinema,
  • liminality
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 1999
Citation Information
Aaron Gerow. "A Scene at the Threshold: Liminality in the Films of Kitano Takeshi" Asian Cinema Vol. 10 Iss. 2 (1999) p. 107 - 115
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aarongerow/23/