Memoirs of a Geisha: overblown rags-to-riches soap opera romance with a shallow and conservative message
Rob Marshall, “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2002) Essentially a variation on the Cinderella story through
Reviews of Japanese-language films I find significant or interesting.
Rob Marshall, “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2002) Essentially a variation on the Cinderella story through
Akira Kurosawa, “High and Low” (1963) Most movies based on pulp crime / police procedural
Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, “Evangelion: 1.11 – You Are (Not) Alone” Since the original
Nagisa Oshima, “Ai no korida / In the Realm of the Senses” (1976) Forty years
Noboru Iguchi, “Dead Sushi” (2012) In the tradition of wacky Japanese comedy horror flicks comes
Kenji Mizoguchi, “Ugetsu” (1953) Two interwined morality plays about peasants blinded by thoughts of personal
Tadashi Imai, “Yuki: Snow Fairy” (1981) In the hands of Tadashi Imai, notable as a
Kaneto Shindo, “Onibaba” (1964) An old Japanese Buddhist tale of a woman who uses a
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Michaël Dudok de Wiet, “The Red Turtle” (2016) God save us all from pretty packages
Noboru Iguchi, “RoboGeisha” (2009) For a film about two sisters and their love-hate relationship, “RoboGeisha”