Tadao Sato
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is a prominent Japanese
film critic and film theorist. Satō has published more than 30 books on film, and is one of the foremost scholars and historians addressing Japanese film, though little of his work has been translated for publication abroad.
The international awareness of Satō's scholarship can be primarily attributed to the one extant translation of selected essays, Currents In Japanese Cinema, published internationally in 1982. Satō has also frequently appeared as a primary source in the writing of other Japanese film historians, notably Donald Richie
and Joan Mellen.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
film critic and film theorist. Satō has published more than 30 books on film, and is one of the foremost scholars and historians addressing Japanese film, though little of his work has been translated for publication abroad.
The international awareness of Satō's scholarship can be primarily attributed to the one extant translation of selected essays, Currents In Japanese Cinema, published internationally in 1982. Satō has also frequently appeared as a primary source in the writing of other Japanese film historians, notably Donald Richie
Donald Richie
Donald Richie is an American-born author who has written about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema. Although he considers himself only a writer, Richie has directed many experimental films, the first when he was 17...
and Joan Mellen.