Yasujiro Ozu is one of my favorite all-time directors, but I confess that I haven't watched many of his classic films in recent years. The only film I of his I watched last year was one I hadn't seen before, 1931's Tokyo Chorus, which is...
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I stopped my LGM Film Club series when I took a break from the site in August. Been meaning to bring it back, but haven't. Here's a good excuse to.
Next in our mini-fundraising series of films from 1956 is what I consider to be the second greatest film of that fine year in cinema history: The Burmese Harp, directed.
This is the grave of Daisuke Katō. Born in 1911 in Tokyo, Tokunosuke Katō grew up in a family of actors. He had two older siblings who also had significant acting careers. He was in a ton of stuff, the vast majority of which I...
This is the grave of Toshiro Mifune. I see no reason to write a biographical post of Mifune. I just want to make a few points. First, THIS IS THE.
The early 1960s was a bad time in Hollywood. The enormous bloated historical epic was in full bloom, with 3 hour sandal and sword movies. Japanese directors certainly had no.
Criterion Channel is running a series of arthouse animation for adults. I'm checking out some of it. I'm by no means an expert on animation, but some of this is pretty interesting. Belladonna of Sadness, the 1973 film by Eiichi Yamamoto is a trip. It's...