A black comedy/ period piece about a man becoming a "soldier for Japan" and its aggressive tendencies to expand
Tag - Shohei Imamura
A feature about a family and their struggle to survive among tough conditions and a brutal blend of oppression and traditions which defines their life.
"The Ballad Of Narayama" tries to prove the fragility of human morality
According to Wikipedia, A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) or docucomedy is a type of movie or television show depicting fictional events...
By Nicholas Poly ‘This film is finished, but reality is not' This is the closing line in Imamura's relentless dive into the depths of human psyche...
Call it what you will – Hollywood hubris, avant-garde self-reflexivity, or even meme culture (MSM, anyone?) – but cinema just loves talking about...
Jasper Sharp is a writer, curator and filmmaker specialising in Japanese cinema, and co-founder of the Japanese film website Midnighteye.com. His book...
One of the many consequences of the American occupation in Japan after WWII was the resurgence of Yakuza, particularly in areas where US naval bases were...
In the course of the 1960s some of Japan's most creative and prominent film directors grew frustrated with the mainstream studios restricting their artistic...