A mysterious stranger arrives in a remote village on a mysterious mission, one of the basic formulas of suspense movies the world over. In Punishment Island, Masahiro Shinoda uses the formula to make a mysterious and suspenseful movie that also tries to be more than that. Saburo, the stranger, is actually no stranger, for he … Continue reading Punishment Island / Captives’ Island / Shokei no shima (1966)
Dry Lake
Youth in Fury / Dry Lake / Kawaita mizuumi (1960)
Japan entered "the sixties" considerably earlier than other countries, with a radical opposition to governmental policies dating from the formal end of the Occupation in 1952. As with the sixties protest movements in France and the US, these were as often age based as politically motivated, with the most vocal and active opposition led by … Continue reading Youth in Fury / Dry Lake / Kawaita mizuumi (1960)
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