Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread

Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread Jul 15, 2018 22:15:37 GMT Fox in the Snow and petrolino like this

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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 15, 2018 22:15:37 GMT

Jul 15, 2018 10:33:48 GMT petrolino said:

Jul 14, 2018 5:33:47 GMT manfromplanetx said:

The Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident

Sounds like another feather in the cap of Kaneto Shindo, taking on real events like Ishiro Honda.

Do you like Shindo's film 'The Naked Island' (1960)? That one's available on dvd here in the U K.

Hi there petrolino, The Naked Island apparently saved the day for Shindo's own production company for it was a commercial and International hit which brought him much recognition. The film has an amazing setting, it is very different from his other films, especially for having minimal dialogue. A penetrating study of family and existence, it is well worth a watch . personally I rank it below a number of his other films eg, the ones I mentioned above..

Last night we watched a an excellent film with a script written by Shindo , based on a stage version from Yukio Mishima, which was adapted from a novel from the famous Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo !! the vibrant and visionary ahead of its time pop-art sensation. Kurotokage , Black Lizard (1962) Umetsugu Inoue ..

An out there musical crime mystery featuring some outrageous dance numbers and songs The female master criminal at the centre of the story is played by Rashomon’s Machiko Kyo, a star whose dance background is well suited her for those occasions on which her character breaks out into spontaneous soft shoe routines.
She plays a cat and mouse game with Japans best private detective Kogoro Akechi (Minoru Oki)
The film was remade in 1968 by Kinji Fukasaku in this version Mishima has a cameo as a human statue.