Ogawa Naoko

Professor at Chūbu University, where she specializes in Japanese cultural studies, popular culture, and traditional Japanese action films. Author of works including “Tate” to iu bunka: Chanbara jidaigeki eiga o saguru (The Culture of Staged Sword-Fighting: An Exploration of Samurai and Period Dramas) and Eiga sangyō shi no tenkanten (Turning Points in Film Industry History).