When it comes to Japanese filmmakers, the layperson will struggle to mention one, and even film buffs might not go much further than Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozo and maybe Kenji Mizoguchi. Stuart Galbraith IV’s book Japanese Cinema (Taschen) delves deeper, charting comedies and musicals rarely seen outside Japan and highlighting new and exciting directors such as Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita.