In the 1960s, a new wave of jidaigeki flicks came into the fray that cast a dark shadow over the brave samurai heroes of old. So-called zankoku (cruel) jidaigeki offers a more cynical view of the samurai, critiquing the hierarchical society of Japan's past and presenting more realistic violence. This subgenre can, to a degree, be compared to the spaghetti western in how it blurs the lines between right and wrong, introducing more brutal anti-heroes to contrast traditional honour-bound warriors clad in white. Tadashi Imai's 1963 film “Bushido” fits nicely into this niche subgenre, as it delivers a scathing critique of its titular moral code.
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A tale told across generations, the film follows the lineage of the Iikura family, each member played by Kinnosuke Nakamura. The tale begins at the end, in the modern day, with salaryman Susumu Iikura whose fiancé has attempted suicide.
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A tale told across generations, the film follows the lineage of the Iikura family, each member played by Kinnosuke Nakamura. The tale begins at the end, in the modern day, with salaryman Susumu Iikura whose fiancé has attempted suicide.
- 5/28/2023
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
Berlinale Specials is the festival’s incorporates all out-of-competition titles.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has added two world premieres to its Berlinale Special strand.
The first is Anne Fontaine’s drama Police [original title Night Shift], which stars Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadeboias a trio of Paris police officers forced to accept an unusual mission. Studiocanal is handling French distribution and international sales.
Veteran filmmaker Fontaine’s previous films include Venice best screenplay winner Dry Cleaning (1997) and Coco Before Channel (2009).
The second is Vadim Perelman’s Persian Lessons, which stars Bpm (Beats Per Minute) lead Nahuel Perez...
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has added two world premieres to its Berlinale Special strand.
The first is Anne Fontaine’s drama Police [original title Night Shift], which stars Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadeboias a trio of Paris police officers forced to accept an unusual mission. Studiocanal is handling French distribution and international sales.
Veteran filmmaker Fontaine’s previous films include Venice best screenplay winner Dry Cleaning (1997) and Coco Before Channel (2009).
The second is Vadim Perelman’s Persian Lessons, which stars Bpm (Beats Per Minute) lead Nahuel Perez...
- 1/23/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin Film Festival has added special screenings for Vadim Perelman’s Persian Lessons with Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Lars Eidinger, and Anne Fontaine’s Police, starring Omar Sy and Virginie Efira. Both are world premieres.
The former, set in Occupied France in 1942, follows a man who is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. Police focuses on three Parisian police officers charged with driving a stranger back to the border. Scroll down for more details.
There will also be a special screening of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 movie The Nutty Professor. Previously announced special screenings include Johnny Depp starrer Minamata and Roberto Benigni-voiced Pinocchio.
The festival has also revealed movies in the Berlinale Classics lineup, including Fellini’s Il bidone (The Swindle), and two of the earliest narrative films about the Holocaust, Ostatni Etap (The Last Stage) and Daleká Cesta (Distant...
The former, set in Occupied France in 1942, follows a man who is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. Police focuses on three Parisian police officers charged with driving a stranger back to the border. Scroll down for more details.
There will also be a special screening of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 movie The Nutty Professor. Previously announced special screenings include Johnny Depp starrer Minamata and Roberto Benigni-voiced Pinocchio.
The festival has also revealed movies in the Berlinale Classics lineup, including Fellini’s Il bidone (The Swindle), and two of the earliest narrative films about the Holocaust, Ostatni Etap (The Last Stage) and Daleká Cesta (Distant...
- 1/23/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Shinobu Hashimoto, the screenwriter whose work is credited as being among the most influential in film history, died Thursday of pneumonia at his Tokyo home, according to Japanese media reports. He was 100.
Hashimoto was the screenwriter for some of the most important films in Japanese history, including Rashomon and Seven Samurai from director Akira Kurosawa. Rashomon was his first work made into a film, and he went on to write nearly 80 scripts, including collaborations with such Japanese cinema giants as Kurosawa, Tadashi Imai, Mikio Naruse, Kihachi Okamoto and Masaky Kobayashi.
The Hashimoto story almost ended before it began. He enlisted in the Japanese army in 1938 but caught tuberculosis and spent four years in a veterans hospital. It was while hospitalized that a chance meeting with another Japanese veteran opened his eyes to a new world. He was given a magazine on Japanese cinema that included a sample screenplay. He quickly...
Hashimoto was the screenwriter for some of the most important films in Japanese history, including Rashomon and Seven Samurai from director Akira Kurosawa. Rashomon was his first work made into a film, and he went on to write nearly 80 scripts, including collaborations with such Japanese cinema giants as Kurosawa, Tadashi Imai, Mikio Naruse, Kihachi Okamoto and Masaky Kobayashi.
The Hashimoto story almost ended before it began. He enlisted in the Japanese army in 1938 but caught tuberculosis and spent four years in a veterans hospital. It was while hospitalized that a chance meeting with another Japanese veteran opened his eyes to a new world. He was given a magazine on Japanese cinema that included a sample screenplay. He quickly...
- 7/20/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The awards were first introduced in 1946 by the Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞) newspaper, which is the oldest daily Japanese one, since it has been on circulation since 1872. Nowadays, it is one of the three largest in the country, and it is noteworthy that two of its general directors were elected Prime Ministers.
The first winners were:
Best Film: Aru yo no tonosama (Teinosuke Kinugasa)
Best Firector: Tadashi Imai (Minshu no teki)
Best Script: Osone ke no ashita (Eijiro Hisaita)
Best Actor: Eitaro Ozawa (Osone ke no ashita)
Best Soundtrack: Minshu no teki (Fumio Hayasaka)
Since 1962, a year after the death of Noburo Ofuji, one of the pioneers of Japanese anime, a new award was introduced in his name, for the best anime of the season. The first winner was Osamu Tezuka, with “Story of a Certain Street Corner.”With the rise of the anime industry during the 80’s, the major studios started dominating the award,...
The first winners were:
Best Film: Aru yo no tonosama (Teinosuke Kinugasa)
Best Firector: Tadashi Imai (Minshu no teki)
Best Script: Osone ke no ashita (Eijiro Hisaita)
Best Actor: Eitaro Ozawa (Osone ke no ashita)
Best Soundtrack: Minshu no teki (Fumio Hayasaka)
Since 1962, a year after the death of Noburo Ofuji, one of the pioneers of Japanese anime, a new award was introduced in his name, for the best anime of the season. The first winner was Osamu Tezuka, with “Story of a Certain Street Corner.”With the rise of the anime industry during the 80’s, the major studios started dominating the award,...
- 2/26/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese screen legend Setsuko Hara, most famous for her role in Yasujiro Ozu's classic Tokyo Story, died of pneumonia on Sept. 5. She was 95. The actress, born Masae Aida in Yokohama, had been a virtual recluse since her retirement in 1962, and news of her death only reached the public when her family made the announcement, as Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported Wednesday. Hara appeared in films by Tadashi Imai and Akira Kurosawa, but it was her roles in six Ozu productions that she is most remembered for. Among these, her most well-known and highly regarded performance was her
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- 11/25/2015
- by Gavin J. Blair
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tadashi Imai's Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (Bushidô Zankoku Monogatari) was released in 1963. The film won Golden Bears at the Berlinale for Best Film and Best Actor that same year, which makes the February DVD release of the film by AnimEigo somewhat timely (Berlinale is, after all, in February). Whatever the case, Bushido is an exceptional dramatic work with a downbeat tone and hard edge.
The film begin in modern times as Susumu Iikuru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) is called to the hospital to attend his finance Kyoko (Eijiro Tono) after her suicide attempt. The events leading up to Kyoko's suicide cause Susumu to question his behavior and reflect on whether his family history was the source of his woes. As it turns out, Susumu is descended from 7 generations of samurai who lived under the strict code of Bushido ("The Way of the Warrior").
Bushido follows the Iikuru...
The film begin in modern times as Susumu Iikuru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) is called to the hospital to attend his finance Kyoko (Eijiro Tono) after her suicide attempt. The events leading up to Kyoko's suicide cause Susumu to question his behavior and reflect on whether his family history was the source of his woes. As it turns out, Susumu is descended from 7 generations of samurai who lived under the strict code of Bushido ("The Way of the Warrior").
Bushido follows the Iikuru...
- 2/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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