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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 21:48:44 GMT
Anybody?, I was watching a some Japanese films recently and it got me wondering.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 31, 2021 22:42:18 GMT
Hayao Miyazaki.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 22:45:30 GMT
I think everyone knows my answer by now: Ozu  and that's including Kurosawa. In fact, I'd also rank Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Naruse and Teshigahara higher, Which is no slight on Kurosawa, there's just so much great Japanese cinema, especially from that era |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 22:49:35 GMT
I think everyone knows my answer by now: Ozuand that's including Kurosawa. In fact, I'd also rank Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Naruse and Teshigahara higher, Which is no slight on Kurosawa, there's just so much great Japanese cinema, especially from that era I need to see more Naruse. |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Aug 31, 2021 22:50:50 GMT
Hayao Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 22:53:50 GMT
I think everyone knows my answer by now: Ozuand that's including Kurosawa. In fact, I'd also rank Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Naruse and Teshigahara higher, Which is no slight on Kurosawa, there's just so much great Japanese cinema, especially from that era I need to see more Naruse. I's a daunting filmography (68 surviving films), but there's some great stuff there, particularly in the 50s and 60s. He's like a more pessimistic, grittier (relatively speaking) less formal Ozu. What are the Japanese films you saw recently?
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 22:57:42 GMT
I need to see more Naruse. I's a daunting filmography (68 surviving films), but there's some great stuff there, particularly in the 50s and 60s. He's like a more pessimistic, grittier (relatively speaking) less formal Ozu. What are the Japanese films you saw recently? Buddhist trilogy which includes Mandalay, this transient life, and Poem. From 1970. |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:05:00 GMT
I need to see more Naruse. I's a daunting filmography (68 surviving films), but there's some great stuff there, particularly in the 50s and 60s. He's like a more pessimistic, grittier (relatively speaking) less formal Ozu. What are the Japanese films you saw recently? Akio jussoji. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 23:15:10 GMT
I's a daunting filmography (68 surviving films), but there's some great stuff there, particularly in the 50s and 60s. He's like a more pessimistic, grittier (relatively speaking) less formal Ozu. What are the Japanese films you saw recently? Akio jussoji. Cool. Great films. Dense and confronting with some great stylistic experiments. I probably need to give them a re-watch.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:16:38 GMT
Cool. Great films. Dense and confronting with some great stylistic experiments. I probably need to give them a re-watch. You liked them more than my friend, he felt they ramble a bit but need to be watched as a cohesive whole to get the full experience. I personally loved Poem and Transient best. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 23:32:33 GMT
Cool. Great films. Dense and confronting with some great stylistic experiments. I probably need to give them a re-watch. You liked them more than my friend, he felt they ramble a bit but need to be watched as a cohesive whole to get the full experience. I personally loved Poem and Transient best. I appreciated them on a technical and thematic level. Narratively they were a little muddled, at least what I can remember, but of course that's not atypical of the more boundary pushing cinema of the era.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:34:04 GMT
You liked them more than my friend, he felt they ramble a bit but need to be watched as a cohesive whole to get the full experience. I personally loved Poem and Transient best. I appreciated them on a technical and thematic level. Narratively they were a little muddled, at least what I can remember, but of course that's not atypical of the more boundary pushing cinema of the era. What are some others you can mention. |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Aug 31, 2021 23:45:37 GMT
Check out the "Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread " currently on page two...there is much to learn/discover.... many great obscure director profiles and film recs. Tomu Uchida “spit out dreams”. Tadashi Imai socialist realist , Yuzo Kawashima a fav film The Graceful Brute (1962), Satsuo Yamamoto outstanding left leaning director. Yasuzo Masumura outstanding maverick,  |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:46:49 GMT
Check out the "Classic Japanese Cinema Discussion Thread " currently on page two...there is much to learn/discover.... many great obscure director profiles and film recs. Tomu Uchida “spit out dreams”. Tadashi Imai socialist realist , Yuzo Kawashima a fav film The Graceful Brute (1962), Satsuo Yamamoto outstanding left leaning director. Yasuzo Masumura outstanding maverick, You should bump it as well. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 23:50:52 GMT
I appreciated them on a technical and thematic level. Narratively they were a little muddled, at least what I can remember, but of course that's not atypical of the more boundary pushing cinema of the era. What are some others you can mention. Well I was talking in the broadest sense, relative to traditional/mainstream/Hollywood/narrative cinema. From Japan, fellow "New Wavers"; Immamura, Oshima, Teshigahara, Yoshida From elsewhere, the usual suspects; Bergman, Antonioni, Resnais, etc. Not saying these filmmakers are incoherent, just more challenging on that level, relative to what cam before
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:58:33 GMT
What are some others you can mention. Well I was talking in the broadest sense, relative to traditional/mainstream/Hollywood/narrative cinema. From Japan, fellow "New Wavers"; Immamura, Oshima, Teshigahara, Yoshida From elsewhere, the usual suspects; Bergman, Antonioni, Resnais, etc. Not saying these filmmakers are incoherent, just more challenging on that level, relative to what cam before Yoshida has a great way of capturing both mood and lighting in a shot. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 1, 2021 0:11:54 GMT
Well I was talking in the broadest sense, relative to traditional/mainstream/Hollywood/narrative cinema. From Japan, fellow "New Wavers"; Immamura, Oshima, Teshigahara, Yoshida From elsewhere, the usual suspects; Bergman, Antonioni, Resnais, etc. Not saying these filmmakers are incoherent, just more challenging on that level, relative to what cam before Yoshida has a great way of capturing both mood and lighting in a shot. Yes, visually he's hard to beat. Reminds me of Antonioni, though perhaps even more formal and alienating 
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Post by sostie on Sept 1, 2021 12:03:37 GMT
Takeshi Kitano. One of my favourite directors regardless of nationality
Although I've not seen all his work, what I have seen of Tetsuya Nakashima's work, I've loved
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 5, 2021 14:58:52 GMT
I have seen 6 films from the director of
Kyua (Cure)
Korei (Séance)
Kairo (Pulse)
Akarui Mirai (Bright Future)
Sakebi (Retribution)
Tôkyô Sonata
He is good but not my favorite. However, if he were, would I be able to reply with it?
His full name seems to be Kiyoshi No-Relation-To-Akira Kurosawa.
(Just jesting on a Nothing Else To Do Sunday Morning.)
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