Research Guides: Japanese Studies: Film & Performance

Film

Film & Documentaries

LC Subject Headings:

Educational films
Feature films -- Japan
Japan

Most of the films are available streaming unless a call number is provided. Search Films on Demand and the library catalog for more films. In the library catalog, search by keyword and/or Japan as a subject and limit your search by format to Video (all formats).

Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a streaming video resource with a broad collection of over 26,000 films on every subject imaginable and from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, BBC, First Run Features, The Video Project, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources.
Abbreviation: kanopy
Vendor: Kanopy
Subjects: Film Studies
Type: Streaming Video
Films On Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand is a Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group. Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists, personalize folders, and manage their entire collection through a robust administrative reporting system.
Abbreviation: fod
Vendor: Films Media Group
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Streaming Video

Japanese Film Database 日本映画データベース (Japan Foundation)
Currently featuring the official details of more than 4000 Japanese films in both English and Japanese
Japanese Cinema Database 日本映画情報システム
As of July 2017, provides information on 46,280 Japanese films from 1896 - present.

New History of Japanese Cinema by Isolde Standish
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PN1993.5.J3S72 2005
ISBN: 0826417094
Publication Date: 2005
Japanese Films by Beverly B. Buehrer
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PN1993.5.J3B78 1990
ISBN: 0899504582
Publication Date: 1990
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PN1993.5.J3R47115 2001
ISBN: 9784770026828
Publication Date: 2002
Japan - A Documentary History by David J. Lu
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1563249065
Publication Date: 1996
The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements; Helen McCarthy
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- NC1766.J3C53 2001
ISBN: 1880656647
Publication Date: 2001

Theater

Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
Theatre in Video: Volume I brings together hundreds of the world’s most important plays, documentaries, interviews, and instructional materials in more than 500 hours of streaming video. Volume II brings together 400 additional hours of classic and contemporary plays and documentaries.
Tutorial:
Tutorial on the Video Player

Abbreviation: tiv
Vendor: Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company
Subjects: Literature, Theatre
Type: Biographies, E-Book Collections, Historical / Primary Sources, Streaming Video

Japanese Performing Arts Resource Center (JPARC)
JPARC is an online resource center for research on and the study of the performing arts of Japan. The site includes sections for the analysis of certain topics, multimedia articles, and reference materials such as glossaries, bibliographies, browsing indexes, and timelines
Performing Arts Network Japan
Performing Arts Network Japan is a Website dedicated to disseminating information about the stimulating and highly diverse Japanese performing arts scene. Includes Artist Database and Japanese Dramas Database.
Asian Theatre Journal
Official journal of the Association for Asian Performance within the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Peer reviewed articles covering the performing arts of Asia, focusing on both traditional and modern theatrical forms.1998 - Present

The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre by James R. Brandon (Editor); Martin Banham (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PN2860.C35 1993
ISBN: 052141623X
Publication Date: 1993
Japanese Theatre : from shamanistic ritual to contemporary pluralism by Benito Ortolani
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PN2921.O78 1995
ISBN: 0691043337
Publication Date: 1995
Japan's Modern Theatre by Brian Powell
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PN2924.P69 2002
ISBN: 1873410301
Publication Date: 2002
Japanese theatre by Bowers, Faubion
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 1952
Guide to Japanese Drama by Leonard C. Pronko
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- Z3308.L5P76 1984
ISBN: 0816186316
Publication Date: 1984

Invitation to Kabuki (Japan Arts Council)
Information on meaning, history, stage, expression, repertoire of Kabuki.
Kabuki Play Guide
Overview, character, synopsis, and other notable facts are provided by the Japan Actors’ Association (JAA) and Organization for the Preservation of Kabuki (OPK).

A Kabuki Reader by Samuel L. Leiter (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PN2924.5.K3K2358 2001
ISBN: 0765607042
Publication Date: 2001
New Kabuki Encyclopedia by Samuel L. Leiter
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PN2924.5.K3L44 1997
ISBN: 0313292884
Publication Date: 1997

An Introduction to Noh & Kyogen (Japan Arts Council)
Information on history, stage, roles, masks, and costumes for both Noh and Kyogen is provided as well as video clips of the performances.
the-NOH.com
Comprehensive website on Noh play. Photo resources, reading material that helps you understand Noh, articles that highlight the people who work on front stage or behind the scenes, databases for plays, masks, terminology, and more.

The Kyogen book : an anthology of Japanese classical comedies by Don Kenny
Call Number: FSU RINGLING MUSEUM Rare -- PL 782 .E5K964 1989
ISBN: 9784789004596
Publication Date: 1989
Kyôgen : comic interludes of Japan by Sakanishi, Shiho
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PL888.S3
Publication Date: 1938
Miracles and Mischief by Sharon Sadako Takeda; Monica Bethe; Hollis Goodall-Cristante; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: FSU RINGLING MUSEUM -- NK 4784.A1 T35 2002
ISBN: 0875871887
Publication Date: 2002
Based on exhibition held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Invitation to Bunraku (Japan Arts Council)
Information on history, stage, performers, and dolls of Bunraku.
The Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection (Columbia University)
The Bunraku gallery is divided into plays, productions, authors, backstage subjects, kashira, and characters. It documents the form's revival in the second half of the 20th century, through more than 12,500 slides and nearly 7,000 black-and-white photographs of rehearsals and performances.

Bunraku; the art of the Japanese puppet theatre . by Keene, Donald
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Oversize -- PN1978.J3K4 Accompanying media shelved in Subbasement
Publication Date: 1965
The Bunraku Puppet Theater of Japan by Stanleigh H. Jr. Jones
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PL768.J6B865 2013
ISBN: 082483562X
Publication Date: 2012