East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film (Tauris World Cinema Series)

East Asian cinema is among the most exciting & influential in the world. The popularity of Chinese martial arts films, Japanese horror, & new Korean cinema has attracted popular & critical attention on a global scale, with films from the region circulating as arthouse, cult, blockbuster & "extreme" cinema, or as Hollywood remakes. 

This book explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, with particular emphasis on crossovers, remakes, hybrids & co-productions. It examines changing cinematic traditions in Asia alongside the "Asianisation" of western cinema. It explores the dialogue not only between "East" & "West," but between different cinemas in the Asia Pacific. What do these trends mean for global cinema? How are co-productions & crossover films changing the nature of Hollywood & East Asian cinemas? Individual essays include case studies of Park Chan-wook, Infernal Affairs, Seven Samurai, Princess Mononoke & Kill Bill.