“The Walking Major”: Yujiro, Mifune & Young Sinatra
Mifune could play military men in his sleep – from Admiral Togo, who destroyed the Russian fleet, to Minister of War Anami, who committed seppuku the day after Japan’s surrender.
Mifune could play military men in his sleep – from Admiral Togo, who destroyed the Russian fleet, to Minister of War Anami, who committed seppuku the day after Japan’s surrender.
Essentially a variation on the Faust story set in the world of office workers and hostess bars, it is emphatically for adults
Hard power always has the capacity to dominate soft power. Left unaddressed, might trumps right.
She staged orgies and a gay wedding in her studio and stripped naked in anti-war demonstrations
Remote conferences lack the one thing that makes conferences worthwhile: networking over drinks in the hotel bar.
The witches were mostly war babies. One was born in an air-raid shelter.
Hugh Jackman could hardly fit into a Nakagin capsule, let alone perform a credible fight or love scene inside one…
Shoko Hashimoto’s face is a map of his life. It radiates intensity, strength, humour and boundless curiosity
“Old man, I’m begging you… let me carry on… until there’s nothing left of me but white ashes,..”
Strangely enough, it is the approach of the iconoclastic Terayama that seems more in tune with traditional Japanese aesthetics