I am a very organized person, who likes to work in a structured way. When it comes to analyzing movies, it is the same for me. The filmography of Yoshihige (or Kiju) Yoshida is new terrain and I like to start from the beginning. Before watching any of his films, I knew that he did quite a racket with “Eros + Massacre” (1969) and “Heroic Purgatory” (1970), both sufficiently discussed by many scholars. But before venture on these so-called classics, I prefer to begin at the roots of Yoshida’s work, which brings me to his debut film “Good for Nothing” (1960).
But first, who is Yoshihige Yoshida? Graduated from Tokyo University he joined one of the big Japanese film studios, Shochiku, in 1955. After five years as assistant director, he got the chance to direct his first movie, “Good for Nothing”. 1960, the year of its release, was a critical year for the studios. The...
But first, who is Yoshihige Yoshida? Graduated from Tokyo University he joined one of the big Japanese film studios, Shochiku, in 1955. After five years as assistant director, he got the chance to direct his first movie, “Good for Nothing”. 1960, the year of its release, was a critical year for the studios. The...
- 3/23/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
“Dissent is forbidden.”
As part of ongoing series giving insights into the diversity of Japanese film, Japan Society introduces audiences to a fresh look at the Japanese New Wave Movement which is mostly associated with names like Masahiro Shinoda or Nagisa Oshima. Eitaro Morikawa’s “The Tragedy of Bushido”, as part of this year’s series, is special in many ways, for it is the debut feature of its director and also the first jidaigeki film within the movement. Deeply embedded in the atmosphere of the time, it is a film about the conflict between the young and the old, about a system which has come to consume the young in order to live on.
In the 17th century, the powerful Honda clan fears for its reputation. After two of its members tried to escape from committing ritual suicide, its elders fear the Shogunate might intervene in what is a...
As part of ongoing series giving insights into the diversity of Japanese film, Japan Society introduces audiences to a fresh look at the Japanese New Wave Movement which is mostly associated with names like Masahiro Shinoda or Nagisa Oshima. Eitaro Morikawa’s “The Tragedy of Bushido”, as part of this year’s series, is special in many ways, for it is the debut feature of its director and also the first jidaigeki film within the movement. Deeply embedded in the atmosphere of the time, it is a film about the conflict between the young and the old, about a system which has come to consume the young in order to live on.
In the 17th century, the powerful Honda clan fears for its reputation. After two of its members tried to escape from committing ritual suicide, its elders fear the Shogunate might intervene in what is a...
- 3/19/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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