Coming of Age Films – Page 6 – Under Southern Eyes

A Samurai Chronicle: an earnest and heavy-going lesson in how to live a good life with grace, compassion and humility

Takashi Koizumi, “A Samurai Chronicle” (2014) I’m afraid that these days the Japanese just don’t

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Kon Ichikawa, “Conflagration / Enjo” (1958) Based on the novel “The Temple of the Golden

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Wim Wenders, “Paris, Texas” (1984) One of American cinema’s finest yet under-appreciated treasures must surely

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Kenneth Branagh, “Cinderella” (2015) Being a Disney production, this live-action version of the tale as

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Hiroshi Inagaki, “Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple” (1955) Its predecessor in the Musashi Miyamoto

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Ingmar Bergman, “Fanny and Alexander” (1982) In part an autobiographical film based on his own

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Biyi Bandele, “Half of a Yellow Sun” (2013) Adapted from the eponymous novel, written by

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Bety Reis and Luigi Acquisto, “A Guerra da Beatriz / Beatriz’s War” (2013) A major

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Yasujiro Ozu, “Floating Weeds” (1959) In the hands of a lesser director, the soap opera

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Shohei Imamura, “The Eel / Unagi” (1997) Japan’s boys in blue have an enviable record

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