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Repast • めし
めし dir:成瀬 巳喜男 1951 After going to the NFT Naruse retrospective and being dissapointed in the film I saw, I’ve finally managed to see some of his films on Eureka DVD. めし, made in 1951 is much better than When a … Continue reading
The Flower and the Angry Waves • 花と怒濤
花と怒濤 dir:鈴木清順 1964 Suzuki Seijun is best known for a very strong visual style seen in such films as Tokyo Drifter, and Branded to Kill that ultimately got him fired from his studio. And in more recent years has made Pistol Opera … Continue reading
Assassination • 暗殺
暗殺 dir: 篠田正浩 1964 Another title in Eureka’s Masters of Cinema. This is by Masahiro Shinoda who was unfortunately eclipsed by his contempories Kurosawa, Ozu and Naruse outside Japan. This is a jidaigeki, period drama, in the style of the Japanese New … Continue reading
24 Eyes • 二十四の瞳
二十四の瞳 dir: 木下恵介 1954 I saw this today on a Eureka Masters of Cinema DVD release. I quite liked it. I was interested in what film could beat Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai in an Awards competition. However despite enjoying it I … Continue reading
Better than YouTube, “Stage6″
I came across a new (for me) site today. Stage6 is high quality and less noise from people uploading phone clips. They use the DivX codec to display video, so a full screen experience similar to DVD is possible. You … Continue reading
女が階段を上がる時 • When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
A new print of this film is playing until the 12th of July at the BFI Southbank. It’s part of a month long season of films by the Director, Mikio Naruse. He is as major a film-maker as Kurosawa or … Continue reading