December 2011
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Vengeance is Mine 復讐するは我にあり (1979)
Vengence is Mine is a film by Imamura Shohei. It is a complex and intricate study of a killer and more importantly how he became that way. Based on the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi A.K.A. the black gold medalist, who after killing two, took the police on 3 month nationwide man hunt in which he killed 3 more before being apprehended. The failure of the police to apprehend...
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Family Game 家族ゲーム(1983)
Family Game is a film by Yoshimitsu Morita. This is an interesting newer Japanese film that I had wanted to see. Although it came out in 1983 I say it is newer because I pretty much stop in the 60s when it comes to Japanese films with a few exceptions, notably a film or two by Oshima Nagisa and Immamura Shohei and newer directors like Kore-eda Hirokzu and Itami Juzo (who actually...
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Pale Flower (1964)
Pale Flower is a film by Shinoda Masahiro. Shinoda aside from Teshigahara is my favorite 60s New Wave/ Avant Garde director in terms of style. Working in several genres this was a yakuza film that was the first film of his to really bring him any acclaim. Years later he would jump to period films, keeping the same high contrast style in both Double Suicide and Assassination....
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undun (2011)
The Roots new album undun is the hip-hop bands 10th studio album. To make ten hop-hop albums and still maintain relevancy is a testament in itself, including the fact that many of the members are in their 40s. And fact is this could possibly be their best effort sounding hungrier and more authentic then ever with this effort that is a concept album. Citing existentialist themes they presented a...
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Children of Hiroshima 原爆の子 (1952)
Children of Hiroshima is a film Kaneto Shindo. This was one of the director’s first films and really the first film to bring him sound recognition. As the title suggests the film is about the sorrow of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Coming out in 1952, the film is notable to really be the first film that confronts the bombing of Hiroshima directly, coming out just as...
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