The Japanese Film: art and industry. By Joseph l. Anderson and Donald Richie, with a forword by Akira Kurosawa, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, 1959.
 
Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film.
 
Grayish buckram hardcover with a one plus inch wraparound silver with black bordered title strip. Nice condition with a solid binding, clean pages and ever so light wear. Just over 8-1/2 x 6 with 456 pages. The jacket has rubbed edges and a few small tears. Photographic illustrations.