1. My Second Brother / Nianchan (1959) | Japanonfilm - WordPress.com
Dec 8, 2019 · Set in a small town in southern Kyushu where everything depends on the one coal mine, it tells the story of a family whose father has died at the beginning of ...
Nianchan gives us a look at life in the coal fields that looks a lot like life in the Appalachians of the same era, but without cars. Set in a small town in southern Kyushu where everything depends…
2. Writer/director's Kaneto Shindo's “Onibaba” joins the Criterion ...
Oct 21, 2021 · In the farmlands of feudal Japan live an older woman (Nobuko Otowa) and her young daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) who murder any soldiers ...
Onibaba, Criterion Collection, home release,
3. Onibaba | Film Review & Analysis - Japanese Cinema Archives
Mar 13, 2022 · Onibaba – meaning «the demon hag» – is a period drama with elements of horror, erotica, and theatrical undertones inspired by Noh theater.
The Demon Women who echoed Kaneto Shindo's agony of war.
4. Mother / Haha (1963) | Japanonfilm - WordPress.com
Dec 19, 2020 · To find money for the operation, she marries Shindo regular Taiji Tonoyama, who has a very small printing business and a daughter of his own.
When is a tear-jerker not a tear-jerker? Certainly, Kaneto Shindo’s Mother follows one of the major formulae but the tears don’t come. Neither do the laughs that the old-fashioned tear-jerkers ofte…
5. Where to begin with Kaneto Shindo - BFI
Apr 18, 2019 · ... film depicts a farming family comprised of Shindo regulars Taiji Tonoyama and Otowa, and their two young sons, as they eke out a spartan ...
Movies inspire a lot of passion, but the back catalogue of film history can be daunting. For every fan who’s obsessed with an actor, director or sub-genre, there’s another struggling to know where to start. Sometimes all it takes is the right recommendation to set you on your path from newbie to know-it-all… Your next obsession: Kaneto Shindo, the director behind some of Japan’s creepiest ghost stories
6. VIOLENCE AT NOON - Dennis Schwartz Reviews
VIOLENCE AT NOON ... “It's a seminal but disturbing film of contemporary Japanese cinema.” ... On the human side, it's more a strangely drawn out victim study of ...
VIOLENCE AT NOON (hakuchu no torima)
7. REVIEW: A Ball at the Anjo House (1947) - FictionMachine.
Jun 2, 2019 · This is a deeply symbolic film. At one critical juncture the former chauffeur Yoshida (Taiji Tonoyama) gets drunk and rails against Akiko for ...
In the aftermath of the Pacific War, the aristocratic Ando family has fallen on hard times. The proud father Tadahiko (Osamu Takizawa) is about to lose their mansion to a wealthy black marketeer. H…
8. Watch Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) Full Movie Online
In a tense, sultry night, a desperate young woman, a tormented man on the brink, and a reckless gangster are trapped by a ruthless gang.
In a tense, sultry night, a desperate young woman, a tormented man on the brink, and a reckless gangster are trapped by a ruthless gang, each grappling with their inner demons as dawn approaches, leading to a fateful showdown filled with twisted choices.
9. Kuroneko (1968) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Cast & Crew · Kaneto Shindo · Kichiemon Nakamura · Nobuko Otowa · Kiwako Taichi · Kei Sato · Taiji Tonoyama.
A woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently...
10. horror – ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon
Both men left Shochiku Studios to form, along with actor Taiji Tonoyama, the independent film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, which produce most of Shindo's films.
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11. Movie Review: Onibaba (1964) | - Kitley's Krypt
May 20, 2021 · (1964)Directed by Kaneto ShindoStarring Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama Back in the days before the internet, ...
(1964)Directed by Kaneto ShindoStarring Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama Back in the days before the internet, horror reference books are where we learned about older movie…
12. The Pen Never Lies (ペン偽らず 暴力の街, Satsuo Yamamoto, 1950)
Jan 16, 2020 · The trouble starts when rookie reporter Kita (Yasumi Hara) is invited to a policeman's ball and figures out the whole thing is sponsored by the ...
Local newspapers become a beacon of resistance when they decide to oppose entrenched police/yakuza collusion in Yamamoto's pro-democracy drama.
13. Onibaba | The Definitives | Deep Focus Review
Essay by Brian Eggert | September 14, ; Director: Kaneto Shindo; Cast: Nobuko ; Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Taiji ; Tonoyama, Kei Sato; Rated ...
Two desperate, battle-worn samurai evade their pursuers in a thick marsh. They hunker down, keeping out of sight in the tall reeds until the men on ho
14. [Film Review] The Ballad of Narayama (1958) and (1983)
Apr 2, 2018 · "Both THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA are unequivocally cinematic masterpieces with disparate modalities in their makings."
“Both THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA are unequivocally cinematic masterpieces with disparate modalities in their makings.”
15. Onibaba (1964) - Projected Figures
Jun 30, 2018 · In Kaneto Shindo's ONIBABA, the horror of war and the horror of untrammeled market forces combine in a nightmarish vision of humanity ...
In Kaneto Shindo's ONIBABA, the horror of war and the horror of untrammeled market forces combine in a nightmarish vision of humanity bestialised.
