Akira Kurosawa
Kairo’s ghosts aren’t unearthly terrors, but rather memories of people lost, without names or faces, silently preparing themselves for an eternity of death.
To some audiences, the works of Shakespeare are synonymous with boring, old fashioned literature- these adaptations breathe in new life.
Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week’s theme is Non-Kurosawa Samurai films.
Japanese cinema has a distinctive style that has been consistent since the days of silent film, when directors where drawing from classic kabuki theater to inform their burgeoning filming style. That is not to say that there’s anything limiting about a cultural pattern in Japanese cinema, seeing as they have given the film world anime, jidaigeki, yakuza, cyberpunk and multiple other notable sub-genres. One recognizable aspect of Japanese cinema is the use of seasons in certain films: