From Book to Screen

Of all the world s cinemas, Japan''s is perhaps unique in its closeness to the nation''s literature, past and contemporary. The Western world became aware of this when Akira Kurosawa''s Rashomon was awarded the Grand Prize at the Venice film festival in 1951 and the Oscar for best foreign film in 1952. More recent examples include Shohei Imamura''s Eel, which won the Palm d''Or (Best Picture) at C...