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Tag Archives: Japanese Film
DVD Review: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System (Eclipse)
Criterion’s Eclipse line has three general streams: to explore fringe genres, to introduce work by lesser known filmmakers, to present lesser known works by more familiar directors. The latest release, Masaki Kobayashi Against the System, falls into the third category, … Continue reading
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Tagged Criterion, Directors, DVD, Eclipse, Film History, Japanese Film
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When Horror Came to Shochiku: from absurd to apocalypse …
Dr Stein (Mike Daneen): Love demands courage. Lisa (Peggy Neal): Yes, that’s the lesson Guilala taught me. Finding myself off work for a day with some nasty kind of flu bug, by a strange coincidence the mailman knocked at my … Continue reading
Year End 2011: video
Not surprisingly, given the amount of time I spend watching movies at home, I came across quite a few worthwhile titles during the year. I’ve already written about many of these in this blog, so will just offer capsule comments … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure Films, Directors, Documentary, DVD, Found-footage, French Film, Italian Film, Japanese Film, Silent Film, Western
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The two sides of Shintaro Katsu
I first encountered the actor Shintaro Katsu back in 2002 when I picked up the first two movies in his long, defining series about the blind masseur/master swordsman Zatoichi. Although Katsu had a long and prolific career (IMDb lists 119 … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, DVD, Japanese Film, Phillip Noyce, Rutger Hauer, Zatoichi
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Two worthwhile websites
While looking for information about a couple of movies, I recently came across two websites I hadn’t previously been aware of, both of which are packed with interesting material. Midnight Eye, co-edited by Tom Mes, ubiquitous expert on all things … Continue reading
Mikio Naruse
In her January 1 post, the Self-Styled Siren pays homage to the Japanese actress Hideko Takamine, who died December 28 at age 86. The Siren’s warm comments immediately sent me off to watch When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), … Continue reading
DVD (actually Blu-Ray) of the Week: Battle Royale (2000)
It was unfortunate that until the very end of his career, the Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku was known in North America mostly for his worst film: The Green Slime. This was an “international” production, shot in Japanese studios with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-Ray, DVD, Fantasy, Japanese Film, Kinji Fukasaku, Review, Science Fiction, Violence, Yakuza
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