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Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note...
Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.
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- 5/20/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Floating Clouds.In the opening scene of Mikio Naruse’s Floating Clouds (1956), a group of repatriated Japanese civilians disembarks from a shabby boat. After two brief wide shots, Naruse cuts to a medium shot to introduce the film’s protagonist, Yukiko, singling her out from what is otherwise a crowd of anonymous faces. But the film’s screenplay elaborates on those who walk alongside Yukiko: Returnees from South Asia are getting off the ship. Among the crowd of women, which consists only of comfort women, geishas, nurses, typists, clerks and the like, there is also Kõda Yukiko, who is not outfitted with proper winter attire.“Comfort women” is a name given to women and girls forced into sexual slavery at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army. According to Yoko Mizuki’s screenplay, some are present in the crowd, but it is impossible for the viewer to discern them. The...
- 4/25/2024
- MUBI
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society will kick off its 2020 Cine Fan programme with more cinematic gems in its January/February edition, including the delicately sublime dramas of Naruse Mikio and the magical realism-infused romance of Sergei Parajanov.
One of the most prolific and respected masters of Japanese cinema, Naruse Mikio is lauded for his realistic dramas of domestic life and his sympathetic portraits of women. The Cine Fan retrospective, entitled Life is But an Illusion: The Cinema of Naruse Mikio, features 12 of his most iconic works, including some rarely seen outside of Japan. Thematically curated in three separate sections, it showcases Naruse’s uncanny ability in the portrayal of artistic reflection, marital dilemmas and social transformations.
Still from “Flowing”
Under Love/Art, Naruse’s quietly devastating camera captured the dichotomy between artistic excellence and elusive love in his four-film collaboration with the legendary actress Yamada Isuzu in Tsuruhachi...
One of the most prolific and respected masters of Japanese cinema, Naruse Mikio is lauded for his realistic dramas of domestic life and his sympathetic portraits of women. The Cine Fan retrospective, entitled Life is But an Illusion: The Cinema of Naruse Mikio, features 12 of his most iconic works, including some rarely seen outside of Japan. Thematically curated in three separate sections, it showcases Naruse’s uncanny ability in the portrayal of artistic reflection, marital dilemmas and social transformations.
Still from “Flowing”
Under Love/Art, Naruse’s quietly devastating camera captured the dichotomy between artistic excellence and elusive love in his four-film collaboration with the legendary actress Yamada Isuzu in Tsuruhachi...
- 12/12/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Celebrated Japanese actress Hideko Takamine has lost her battle with lung cancer. She was 86.
Takamine passed away at a Tokuo hospital on Tuesday, reports Kyodo News.
The actress made her film debut at the age of five in 1929 silent film Haha (Mother) and rose to fame as Japan's answer to Shirley Temple.
She gained stardom with 1938's Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu (Writing Lessons) and went on to appear in a string of major hits in the 1950s, including Niju-shi no Hitomi (Twenty-four Eyes) in 1954, Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) in 1955 and Yorokobi mo Kanashimi mo Ikutoshitsuki (The Lighthouse) in 1957.
Her fame continued after she retired from acting in 1979, when she embarked on a second career as an award-winning essayist.
She is survived by her husband, director and writer Zenzo Matsuyama.
Takamine passed away at a Tokuo hospital on Tuesday, reports Kyodo News.
The actress made her film debut at the age of five in 1929 silent film Haha (Mother) and rose to fame as Japan's answer to Shirley Temple.
She gained stardom with 1938's Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu (Writing Lessons) and went on to appear in a string of major hits in the 1950s, including Niju-shi no Hitomi (Twenty-four Eyes) in 1954, Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) in 1955 and Yorokobi mo Kanashimi mo Ikutoshitsuki (The Lighthouse) in 1957.
Her fame continued after she retired from acting in 1979, when she embarked on a second career as an award-winning essayist.
She is survived by her husband, director and writer Zenzo Matsuyama.
- 1/3/2011
- WENN
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