Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread

The cinema of Director Satsuo Yamamoto, Independent intensely rebellious and socially conscious, Yamamoto's diverse range of film projects are permeated with his socialist politics. He created great dimension to his cinematic art, a profound layer of entertainment value. Crafting a diversity of little known masterpieces from the 1950s to the '70s, controversial and socially conscious, historical, all his films are highly entertaining. thought provoking adult dramas which shone a spotlight, had a focus, where others feared to tread.

Yamamoto was considered one of the initiators of the movement of independent Japanese film-makers. Inspired Directors who boldly produced and presented controversial political and social matters artistically & entertainingly through the cinematic medium.

Tengu-tô , Blood End (1969) is an excellent multi layered drama film that fictitiously recounts the actual historical events of the Mito Tengu Group who attempted to overthrow the Shogunate during the Bakumatsu Period (1853-67 ) As an uncertain future looms, a time of social upheaval, brutalized peasant farmer Sentaro (Tatsuya Nakadai) meets an idealistic young samurai Genjirô (Go Kato). Sentaro is drawn into a conflicting & deadly power play, clash of political ideology.
One of many outstanding classics, I found this original sheet poster just recently with Ayako Wakao