Inuhiko Yomota (四方田 犬彦, Yomota Inuhiko, born February 20, 1953) is a Japanese author, cultural essayist, translator, film historian, and critic. His real name is Goki Yomota (四方田 剛己, Yomota Gōki).
His main area of study is film history, particularly the history of film in East Asian countries, and organizes an annual symposium on differing topics in film history. His other areas of study include cooking, literature, manga, music, cultural minorities, foreign language, and foreign countries (especially Korea).
Inuhiko Yomota has published nearly eighty books since the beginning of his career and has won several literary prizes for his work, including the
Kodansha Essay Prize. He has also translated works by American and Palestinian authors into Japanese.
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Publications
Ryumiēru no Tatakai: Eiga e no Zenshinteki Yokubō (1980)
Eizō no Shōkan: Essay Cinematographique (1983)
Eizō Yōri (1984)
Critique (1984)
Hito Sore wo Eiga to Yobu (1985)
Eiga wa Mō Sugu Hyakusai ni Naru (1986)
Warera ga "Tasha" Suru Kankoku (1987)
Kishu to Tensei (1987)
Shokutaku no Ue no Chiisa na Konton (1987)
Kanjō Kyōiku (1988)
Jojishi no Kennō (1988)
Mō Hitori no Tenshi: Nostalgia to Shūshū wo Meguru 48 no Seisatsu (1988)
Oukenbon: Papers '89~'90 (1991)
Lu Xun: Mezamete Hito ha Doko e Iku ka (Ningen Monogatari) (1992)
Tsukishima Monogatari (1992)
Ekkyō no Ressun: Higashi Ajia no Genzai - Itsutsu no Taiwa (1992)
Matsu Koto no Yorokobi (1992)
Eiga no Ufufu (1992)
Doll's House no Eigakan (1993)
Yomu Koto no Anima: Kodomobeya no Sekai Bungaku (1993)
Den'ei Fūun (1993)
Akainu Hon: Papers '91~'92 (1993)
Bungakuteki Kioku (1993)
Kaihi to Kōdei (1994)
Manga Genron (1994)
Kūsō Ryokō no Shūjigaku: "Garibā Ryokōki" Ron (1996)