Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy

Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy 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...

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Main Author: Miyao, Daisuke
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Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2026
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Cinema
Film studies
Ethics
Dialogue
Japan
World War II
Auteurism
National cinema
Kiju Yoshida
Emmanuel Levinas
Cat
Gaze
Nonhuman
Anthropocentrism
Asian cinema
Itagaki Yoichi
Transcultural mimesis
Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
Michael Raine
Late Spring 1949
Cinematography
Camera movement
Sense of vision
Tactility
Depth of field
Early Summer 1951
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice 1952
Realism
Melodrama
Time
History
Postwar
Tokyo Story 1953
Color films
Red
Bleach bypass
Materiality
Floating Weeds 1959
Repetition
Habit
Postponement
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
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Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy
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topic Ozu Yasujiro
Cinema
Film studies
Ethics
Dialogue
Japan
World War II
Auteurism
National cinema
Kiju Yoshida
Emmanuel Levinas
Cat
Gaze
Nonhuman
Anthropocentrism
Asian cinema
Itagaki Yoichi
Transcultural mimesis
Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
Michael Raine
Late Spring 1949
Cinematography
Camera movement
Sense of vision
Tactility
Depth of field
Early Summer 1951
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice 1952
Realism
Melodrama
Time
History
Postwar
Tokyo Story 1953
Color films
Red
Bleach bypass
Materiality
Floating Weeds 1959
Repetition
Habit
Postponement
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFN Film: styles and genres
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
topic_facet Ozu Yasujiro
Cinema
Film studies
Ethics
Dialogue
Japan
World War II
Auteurism
National cinema
Kiju Yoshida
Emmanuel Levinas
Cat
Gaze
Nonhuman
Anthropocentrism
Asian cinema
Itagaki Yoichi
Transcultural mimesis
Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
Michael Raine
Late Spring 1949
Cinematography
Camera movement
Sense of vision
Tactility
Depth of field
Early Summer 1951
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice 1952
Realism
Melodrama
Time
History
Postwar
Tokyo Story 1953
Color films
Red
Bleach bypass
Materiality
Floating Weeds 1959
Repetition
Habit
Postponement
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFN Film: styles and genres
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
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