Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread

Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread Jul 8, 2018 7:29:44 GMT petrolino and Aj_June like this

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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 8, 2018 7:29:44 GMT

Jul 8, 2018 6:55:15 GMT Aj_June said:

Jul 7, 2018 23:00:45 GMT manfromplanetx said:

One of the movies of Yasuzo Masumura that is famous among western audience is Blind Beast (盲獣 Mōjū). One of the reasons for that may be that the English subtitles were released very shortly after this movie primered in Japan.

manfromplanetx I wonder if after having seen so many movies, which movies from Japan would you consider to belong purely to noir genre? Any director from Japan who you think specialized in something close to noir? You mentioned the movies of Teruo Ishii are sort of noir. Any other?

Hello down there in Victoria Aj_June , A few directors and films come to mind Yasuzo Masumura is one with A Wife Confesses , Man of the Biting Wind, Black Test Car (1962).
Nobuo Nakagawa was a great noir stylist, Onna shikeishû no datsugoku , Death Row Woman (1960) and Dokufu Takahashi Oden , Poisonous Woman Takahashi O-Den (1958) pictured below, are excellent dark crime tales, his films are well worth exploring,
Hideo Gosha a supreme stylist crafted some excellent crime films, Gohiki no shinshi (1966) is a noir knockout !
and of course mentioned above Yoshitarō Nomura, he is considered , one of the pioneers of Japanese film noir . Tomu Uchida Keisatsukan (1933) a wonderful expressionist early silent noir drama.

Happy Japanese Classic Viewing to you...