Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread

Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread Jul 11, 2018 0:36:43 GMT spiderwort, manfromplanetx, and 1 more like this

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Post by petrolino on Jul 11, 2018 0:36:43 GMT

Jul 8, 2018 7:29:44 GMT manfromplanetx said:

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

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...

Hi planet / Aj June.

May I add the work of a director whose work has drawn parallels in the U K with some of the pivotal film noir melodramas of Hollywood's classics era, films like 'Leave Her To Heaven' (1945), 'Mildred Pierce' (1945), 'The Reckless Moment' (1949) and 'Angel Face' (1952). It's director Noboru Tanaka who made the very dark films 'A Woman Called Sada Abe' (1975) and 'Watcher In The Attic' (1976), films that carry strong noir overtones and gothic horror stylings. Both of these movies star Junko Miyashita. I find them thoroughly depressing but can admire their artistry.