Shinya Tsukamoto
Here are highlights from the inaugural ACA Cinema Project online film series, 21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020.
This week, Shawn Glinis takes a look at new video releases from Fun City Editions, Mondo Macabre, Criterion, Severin & Vinegar Syndrome.
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: