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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 17, 2020 23:01:23 GMT
Nice read, some absolute classics and some lesser known titles. Still a lot I need to catch up on ( Silence Has No Wings (1966), Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971) and Eureka (2000) have been on my watchlist for awhile now). The 1980s also, were particularly interesting as that's an era of Japanese cinema I knew very little about. Best of Japan 1925-2019 |
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Post by clayton12 on May 18, 2020 7:12:47 GMT
Nice list - as I expected, the number of films on to-watch list far execeded the number of films on my have-watched list.
Of those that I've seen, if I was forced at gunpoint to pick just one of the them as The Number One, I think I would go with Kohei Oguri's Muddy River from 1981 - one of the great films about childhood. I was tossing up between that and Nobuhiro Yamashita's Linda Linda Linda from 2005 - one of the great films about adolescence.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 18, 2020 9:24:21 GMT
Nice list - as I expected, the number of films on to-watch list far execeded the number of films on my have-watched list. Of those that I've seen, if I was forced at gunpoint to pick just one of the them as The Number One, I think I would go with Kohei Oguri's Muddy River from 1981 - one of the great films about childhood. I was tossing up between that and Nobuhiro Yamashita's Linda Linda Linda from 2005 - one of the great films about adolescence. I did a rough count and I think I've seen just under half. Was hoping it would be a bit more. (More to look forward to I guess). I've not seen either of the two you mention. Linda, Linda, Linda is another one from my watchlist and Muddy River was one of the few I hadn't even heard of. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be a pretty safe choice of one of the "classics", Late Spring (1949), The Life of Oharu (1952) or maybe Woman in the Dunes (1964), though I think I now slightly prefer Teshigahara's next film The Face of Another (1966). From the newer titles, maybe the intimate, novelistic Happy Hour (2015).
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Post by clayton12 on May 18, 2020 10:16:23 GMT
I've not seen either of the two you mention. Linda, Linda, Linda is another one from my watchlist and Muddy River was one of the few I hadn't even heard of. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be a pretty safe choice of one of the "classics", Late Spring (1949), The Life of Oharu (1952) or maybe Woman in the Dunes (1964), though I think I now slightly prefer Teshigahara's next film The Face of Another (1966). From the newer titles, maybe the intimate, novelistic Happy Hour (2015). If you get the chance, don't pass up on an opportunity to see Muddy Water. It's a gem, the kind of film I think everyone should see. I've seen very few films from earlier than the 1970's, but I did once take a fairly deep dive into 1966, and compiled a personal top 20 list as part of regular poll that a poster by the name of OldAle used to host on the old IMDB boards. If nothing else, it cemented in my mind where the two most interesting and exciting regions for cinema in the mid-to-late 1960's were - half my best-of list comprised of either Japanese films or spaghetti westerns. The Face of Another crept in at number 17, the last of five Japanese entries on my list ( Irezumi and Red Angel, both by Yasuzô Masumura, The Stranger Within A Woman by Mikio Naruse, and Tokyo Drifter by Seijin Suzuki were ranked higher by me at the time) - I'm wondering now whether Silence Has No Wings would have made the cut had I seen it.
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Post by Catman on May 18, 2020 11:36:48 GMT
Catman has seen only the anime films listed and a couple others. He needs to get busy watching.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 18, 2020 13:11:26 GMT
I've not seen either of the two you mention. Linda, Linda, Linda is another one from my watchlist and Muddy River was one of the few I hadn't even heard of. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be a pretty safe choice of one of the "classics", Late Spring (1949), The Life of Oharu (1952) or maybe Woman in the Dunes (1964), though I think I now slightly prefer Teshigahara's next film The Face of Another (1966). From the newer titles, maybe the intimate, novelistic Happy Hour (2015). If you get the chance, don't pass up on an opportunity to see Muddy Water. It's a gem, the kind of film I think everyone should see. I've seen very few films from earlier than the 1970's, but I did once take a fairly deep dive into 1966, and compiled a personal top 20 list as part of regular poll that a poster by the name of OldAle used to host on the old IMDB boards. If nothing else, it cemented in my mind where the two most interesting and exciting regions for cinema in the mid-to-late 1960's were - half my best-of list comprised of either Japanese films or spaghetti westerns. The Face of Another crept in at number 17, the last of five Japanese entries on my list ( Irezumi and Red Angel, both by Yasuzô Masumura, The Stranger Within A Woman by Mikio Naruse, and Tokyo Drifter by Seijin Suzuki were ranked higher by me at the time) - I'm wondering now whether Silence Has No Wings would have made the cut had I seen it. The mid sixties were an amazing time for Japanese cinema. I really enjoyed the all those 1966 titles, excluding The Stranger Within A Woman, which I've not yet seen. I have loved most of the Naruse I have seen. A director I'm definitely looking forward to exploring more.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 18, 2020 13:12:45 GMT
Catman has seen only the anime films. Some great titles there. Only Yesterday with it's subtle stylistic nods to Ozu probably being my favorite of the ones listed.
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