Contribution to Book
映画法という映画論／Eigahō to iu eigaron
Eigahō kaisetsu/Dai 74-kai Teikoku Gikai eiga hōan giji gaiyō
(2003)
Abstract
An introduction and commentary (kaisetsu) I wrote for the reprint of two books related to the creation of the Film Law in Japan at the end of the 1930s: Fuwa Yushun's Eigahō kaisetsu and Dai 74-kai Teikoku Gikai eiga hōan giji gaiyō, which is a transcript of the debates in the Diet over the Law. I argue that not just the Film Law itself, but also the discourses around it, constitute a conception of cinema—in effect, a film theory.
Keywords
- Film Law,
- Japan,
- censorship,
- cinema,
- regulation,
- film theory
Disciplines
Publication Date
2003
Editor
Makino Mamoru
Publisher
Yumani Shobo
Series
Nihon eigaron gensetsu taikei, dai 1-ki: Senjika no eigatōseiki
Citation Information
Aaron Gerow. "映画法という映画論／Eigahō to iu eigaron" TokyoEigahō kaisetsu/Dai 74-kai Teikoku Gikai eiga hōan giji gaiyō Vol. 8 (2003) p. 589 - 607 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aarongerow/39/