I stopped my LGM Film Club series when I took a break from the site in August. Been meaning to bring it back, but haven't. Here's a good excuse to get it started again. I was watching Yasujiro Ozu's 1931 film Tokyo Chorus the other...
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Next in our mini-fundraising series of films from 1956 is what I consider to be the second greatest film of that fine year in cinema history: The Burmese Harp, directed.
This is the grave of Daisuke Katō. Born in 1911 in Tokyo, Tokunosuke Katō grew up in a family of actors. He had two older siblings who also had significant.
This is the grave of Toshiro Mifune. I see no reason to write a biographical post of Mifune. I just want to make a few points. First, THIS IS THE GRAVE OF TOSHIRO MIFUNE!!!!! Do you know how cool it is to see this? For...
The early 1960s was a bad time in Hollywood. The enormous bloated historical epic was in full bloom, with 3 hour sandal and sword movies. Japanese directors certainly had no.
Criterion Channel is running a series of arthouse animation for adults. I'm checking out some of it. I'm by no means an expert on animation, but some of this is.