Japanese New Wave

Japanese New Wave
Years active	Late 1950s – 1970s
Location	Japan
Major figures	Shōhei Imamura, Nagisa Ōshima, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Masahiro Shinoda, Seijun Suzuki, Susumu Hani, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yasuzo Masumura, Yoshishige Yoshida, Shūji Terayama, Kaneto Shindo, Masaki Kobayashi, Toshio Matsumoto, Koji Wakamatsu, Yuzo Kawashima, Akio Jissoji

The Japanese New Wave (ヌーベルバーグ, Nūberu bāgu, Japanese transliteration of the French term "nouvelle vague") is a term for a group of loosely-connected Japanese films and filmmakers between the late 1950s and the early 1970s.^[1]^[2] The most prominent representatives include directors Nagisa Ōshima, Yoshishige Yoshida, Masahiro Shinoda^[1]^[3] and Shōhei Imamura.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Sharp, Jasper. "Where to begin with the Japanese New Wave". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference yoshida was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Svensson, Arne (1971). Japan (Screen Series. New York: Barnes. p. 117.
^ Russo, James (2021). Understanding Film: A Viewer's Guide. Liverpool University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9781789761184.

[sharp-1] Sharp, Jasper. "Where to begin with the Japanese New Wave". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[yoshida-2] Cite error: The named reference yoshida was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Svensson, Arne (1971). Japan (Screen Series. New York: Barnes. p. 117.

[4] Russo, James (2021). Understanding Film: A Viewer's Guide. Liverpool University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9781789761184.

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