“A rather ambitious project that succeeds in evoking the complexity of adolescence in a crude, unflattering and straightforward way.”
Category: Directors
Talks with directors: Yoko Yamanaka.
“It is bad to do things on impulse.”
Meeting with directors: Takuya Fukushima
Introduction Thursday, I had the honour to attend a screening of Modern Love (English review/Japanese review) in Shinjuku’s K’s Cinema in the presence of the director Takuya and some of the crew-members – a guy responsible for the production design and a female make-up artist.
Moments of cine-beauty: Yasujiro Ozu and the vase.
“a stillness that evokes nothing other than the nature of Japanese traditional culture as such – and the lives it influences.”
Outrage Coda (2017) review
“So while (the narrative) doesn’t reach the level of its predecessors, it is still a worthy conclusion of this trilogy full of pessimism and nihilism.”
Recommended top 10: Takuya Fukushima [JP/Eng]
“Even now, on the occasion of guiding the performances of actors, I occasionally show this movie as prime reference.”
The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) Review
It is his beautiful use of movement within shots and his exquisite use of interior geometry that underlines his compositional talent.
映画監督との話し合い: Takeuchi Yosuke [日本語]
“しかし彼らと接すれば接するほど、障害というものが個性の一部だと思うようになってくるような気がします。なぜならば、彼らから大きな力を得ることがとても多いからです。”
An Actor’s revenge (1963) review
“A wonderful piece of melodrama and further prove that Kon Ichikawa deserves its place among the masters of Japanese cinema.”
Hanagatami (2017) Review
“As life is evoked as fleeting, moments of happiness quickly passing by, why invest in war, as peace is so much more beautiful and rewarding. This, and nothing else, is the powerful moving message of Hanagatami.”
