Japanese Film

Research Sources & Tips

I. Course Reserves

Check out the Course Reserves.

II. Facts and Overviews

A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: a Concise History, with a selective guide to DVDs and videos. / Donald Richie; foreword by Paul Schrader. PN1993.5.J3 R47115 2005

The Japanese Filmography: a Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 through 1994. / by Stuart Galbraith IV. PN1993.5.J3 G35 1996

Archetypes in Japanese Film: the Sociopolitical and Religious Significance of the Principal Heroes and Heroines. / Gregory Barrett. PN1993.5.J3 B37 1989

A New History of Japanese Cinema: a Century of Narrative Film. / Isolde Standish. PN1993.5.J3 S72 2005

III. Interpretations and Criticism of Major Directors

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

Broader Context:

Motion pictures -- Japan

The Filmmakers:

Mizoguchi, kenji

Ozu Yasujiro

Kurosawa akira

Oshima nagisa

Shinoda and (film* or cinema)
(Note: film* searches for film, films, etc.)

Genre

Animated films

Film Criticism--from broader to narrower focuses

Animated Films -- History And Criticism

Animated Films -- Japan -- History And Criticism.

On the Topic of Japanese Film and Culture:

(Advanced Keyword search)

Material Type:

Appendix I. Writing and Citing

Movie Reviews vs Film Criticism (Timothy J. Corrigan.)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)

IV. More Specific and Current Discussions

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

4. Film & Television and Mass Media

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

5. Bibliography of Asian Studies

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

V. Popular Press

A. Current:

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (more international coverage)

B. Historical

Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Art Index Retrospective (1929- 1982)

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)