Should we have a golden age of Japanese cinema thread, Sup Forums? The golden age is generally considered to run from the late-1940's (with films like Late Spring and Drunken Angel) through the mid-1960's (The Face of Another, Tokyo Drifter, etc.).
The Japanese golden age of cinema was remarkable for the number of world-class films it produced on what are now considered minuscule budgets, often with a mere handful of actors and sets. And yet, these films rarely looked "cheap," and certainly didn't feel like rushed, thoughtless productions.
For those reasons and others, this era of Japanese film continues to attract a lot of interest, from both Japanese and foreigners - in fact, it seems that interest has increasing over time, as less-common films have received translations and DVD treatments in recent years.
Japanese new wave starts before the mid 60s, so you're a little wrong there, face of another and TD fall into new wave as well.
Evan Rodriguez
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Matthew Evans
I love Tokyo Drifter
Adrian Allen
i can barely sit through a black and white movie let alone a japanese one fuck off
Colton Morris
most movies from this era are pretty good in japan, but i think Gate of Hell was extremely overrated
John Gutierrez
The answer appears to be no
But Im a weeb so please recommend some classics for me to download preferably with samurai
Ryan Parker
Thanks to Criterion old Japanese movies became more mainstream. It's pretty amazing how many Japanese films they released, including some less known, like works of Hiroshi Shimizu.
Start here. It's a shame that today Japan is mostly remembered for anime and chanbara movies. Their cinematic history is more rich than many Western countries.
Blake Moore
Look, I'm a fan of jap cinema, but in no way is it more rich in history than say, French cinema.
Christopher Jones
Nothing wrong with rating jap-anime high, it's great.
Criterion rips are more easily available, but they're missing a few classics. Lady Snowblood, Lone Wolf & Cub series, late Gosha films like Goyokin. They also have the Zatoichi series but it's not on this page for some reason. Generally the masters of the samurai genre are Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Gosha, Misumi, Okamoto, Shinoda. If you're done with those, look into Eiichi Kudo or Hiroshi Inagaki for more serious stuff or series like Hanzo the Razor if you're into the more pulpy wacky stuff.
There's of course more to Japanese cinema than samurai films.
John Perry
Stop outing yourself as a pleb user, and look up French expressionism and poetic realism.
Zachary Phillips
wow wtf im now anti-anime if i wanted to kill myself by boredom i'd watch french crap
Samuel Williams
Harakiri (1962), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961), 13 Assassins (1963), Throne of Blood (1957).
Nathan Smith
French impressionism.
John Taylor
>boring This thread is not for you retard, go back to the Spider-Man general.
Camden Barnes
I do like Japanese cinema, so this is a thread for me.
I dislike French cinema. Does that trigger you so much? Are you French? All of that cultural marxist crap should've been burned - though there are exceptions ofc. Mostly French cinema did spread socialist talking points and see where that has lead France?
Kobayashi and Teshigahara are like two of my most favorite directors. While Teshigahara is stylish as fuck, Kobayashi keeps things visual simple, but still good looking, but both create good stories.
Noah Robinson
thanks ill get on these
I have Zatoichi and the chess master downloaded because I like chess but havent watched it yet
Ryan Taylor
I love them both. Kyoshi Kurosawa is underrated af.
Evan Perry
Do you? Because Japanese New Wave directors were as socialist, if not more than the French. Many of their films are anti-American and anti-capitalist.
Jason Rivera
>anti-American. You can be anti-American without being (cultural) marxist. You can be Japanese Nationalist f.e.
but you didn't answer my q.
Christopher Phillips
They were not. They criticized Japanese conservative government, American involvement in Vietnam, Japanese treatment of Koreans and so on. They also loved violence and sex so their films were full of both.
Jacob Rogers
Literally what is good about Ozu? I don't get it, they're just boring dramas shot in a boring way with mediocre actors.
Angel Perez
Because it's a rhetorical question.
William Perry
They are beautiful and gentle explorations of human condition.
Adrian Miller
Was this supposed to be so convoluted? I can barely follow those flicks. The fact that everyone looks the same and there are 300 mumbo jumbo asian names introduced in every film doesn't help. It's still fun though somehow. It's like watching dogs fight in the street, you don't really need their backstory
Jaxon Bell
That's so general I can apply it to Bling Ring
Landon Roberts
Woman in the Dunes seems to be gradually ascending into "greatest films ever made" status, especially after the extended cut was popularized a few years ago. I saw "Pitfall" a few months ago and noticed the similarities between them. It's not really a precursor, but there are moods and themes referenced in Pitfall that are developed more extensively in Dunes.
