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Post by morrisondylanfan on Apr 21, 2018 13:22:17 GMT
Hi Planet X,I hope you are having a good weekend,and thank you for sharing the outstanding highlights of your viewing month. With the lone IMDb review making it sound like a unique mix,I was wondering how you found A Flame at the Pier to be? I was also just wondering about what do you think are best Thriller's from Asia of the 70's? Thanks. Hi there MDF... I have greatly enjoyed the style & diversity of films seen from Masahiro Shinoda From the radical pop energy of the 60s Japanese New Wave to more meditative, historically focused features Shinoda is an exceptional storyteller a consummate craftsman. I gave a higher rating to the multi faceted social drama A Flame at the Pier. Last night we watched his uniquely original 1969 ATG production of Shinjû: Ten no Amijima , Double Suicide an incredibly creative film, the story is performed with live actors, but also makes use of Japanese theatrical traditions such as the kuroko (stagehands dressed entirely in black) who invisibly interact with the actors... A few excellent 1970s Japanese thrillers come to mind from director Yoshitarô Nomura Suna no utsuwa (1974) , we mentioned it some time back , Jiken , The Incident (1978) and Yatsuhaka-mura , Village of the Eight Tombs (1977) Highly Recommended is the Romantic Thriller from Kôichi Saitô , Yakusoku , The Rendezvous (1972) , ps best not read summaries they may spoil ... Hi Planet X, I hope you are having a good weekend,and after a delay due to having to sort out a new laptop,I saw Yakusoku as part of a double bil last night,and found it to be absolutely magnificent! The film that I matched it up with is one I think you would really enjoy: Claude Miller's Deadly Circuit (1983): www.imdb.com/title/tt0084358/ |
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