The films produced by the Artwork Theatre Guild kind one of the vital fascinating a part of Japanese film historical past, notably as a result of the filmmakers concerned loved…

After “Confessions Amongst Actresses”, director Kiju Yoshida returned to his political trilogy with “Coup d’Etat”, an account of the tried overthrow of the Japanese authorities on February 26, 1936. Just…

by Earl Jackson In 1969, Masahiro Shinoda launched “Double Suicide”, his model of Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s bunraku (puppet) play, “The Love Suicides Amajima” [心中天網島]. The movie was hanging in its use…

After the vital acclaim of his 1969 function “Eros + Bloodbath”, Kiju Yoshida went even additional within the second a part of his political trilogy, “Heroic Purgatory”. The artistic freedom…