Last month the world saw the last episode of FX’s Shōgun, the massively successful historical drama about powerful samurai’s battle for power. It has clearly rekindled people’s interest in the Japanese traditional samurai movies of the 20th century.
Here are 6 of the most worth-watching genre’s staples for all fans of Shōgun.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece is probably the first film that comes to mind to all cinephiles in this respect. The tale of a ronin tasked with gathering a group of samurai to defend a village from criminals, perfectly balancing between action and character development, was the one that paved the way for other samurai movies.
The Throne of Blood (1957)
Here comes another Kurosawa’s work, appearing to be an Asian twist on the Shakespearen story of Macbeth. Following a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his wife, it has become...
Here are 6 of the most worth-watching genre’s staples for all fans of Shōgun.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece is probably the first film that comes to mind to all cinephiles in this respect. The tale of a ronin tasked with gathering a group of samurai to defend a village from criminals, perfectly balancing between action and character development, was the one that paved the way for other samurai movies.
The Throne of Blood (1957)
Here comes another Kurosawa’s work, appearing to be an Asian twist on the Shakespearen story of Macbeth. Following a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his wife, it has become...
- 5/10/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
Bam
“Working Class Musicals” examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, featuring Cherbourg, Chantal Akerman, West Side Story x2, and more.
Roxy Cinema
The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of Johnny Guitar, Jennifer’s Body, and Woman in the Dunes.
Film Forum
“Loving Highsmith” begins with Purple Noon, Strangers on a Train, and The American Friend; Alain Resnias’ The War Is Over continues and Carnal Knowledge, restored, begins a run.
Japan Society
Kihachi Okamoto’s Kill! plays on 35mm this Friday.
Film at Lincoln Center
As the Three Colors: Red restoration continues, The Wiz has a free outdoor screening this Friday on Governor’s Island.
Paris Theater
Kurosawa’s Ran plays exclusively through the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Streets of Fire, Licorice Pizza, Tron and Sleeping Beauty play on 70mm this weekend, while a series of zombie films screen.
- 9/1/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
COLOGNE, Germany -- The 2007 Berlin International Film Festival's Forum sidebar will pay tribute to Japanese director Okamoto Kihachi by screening a selection of his films, organizers announced Monday.
Though less well known to international audience than Japanese contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, Okamoto was a pioneer who helped shape the new Japanese cinema of the 1950s and '60s. The director, who died last year, broke new ground with rapid-cut editing in such samurai films as Sword Of Doom (1965) and the comic Kill (1968) and Red Lion (1969), all of which the Forum will screen as part of its tribute.
Other titles in the Okamoto retrospective include the director's World War II action film Desperado Outpost (1959), the gangster epic The Last Gunfight (1960) and the period drama The Emperor and a General (1967).
Okamoto's widow Minako, who produced several of his films, will present the series in Berlin. The retrospective is being organized by the Deutsche Kinemathek -- Museum for Film and Television, together with the Japan Foundation, Tokyo Filmex and Tokyo's National Film Center, which is providing new, English-subtitled copies of the films for Berlin.
Though less well known to international audience than Japanese contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, Okamoto was a pioneer who helped shape the new Japanese cinema of the 1950s and '60s. The director, who died last year, broke new ground with rapid-cut editing in such samurai films as Sword Of Doom (1965) and the comic Kill (1968) and Red Lion (1969), all of which the Forum will screen as part of its tribute.
Other titles in the Okamoto retrospective include the director's World War II action film Desperado Outpost (1959), the gangster epic The Last Gunfight (1960) and the period drama The Emperor and a General (1967).
Okamoto's widow Minako, who produced several of his films, will present the series in Berlin. The retrospective is being organized by the Deutsche Kinemathek -- Museum for Film and Television, together with the Japan Foundation, Tokyo Filmex and Tokyo's National Film Center, which is providing new, English-subtitled copies of the films for Berlin.
- 12/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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