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Tag Archives: Japan
Throne of Blood — Why MacBeth?
Throne of Blood (1957) dir. Akira Kurosawa Throne of Blood is director Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s MacBeth. He makes the bard’s tale Japan’s own, replacing Scottish warlords with armies of Japanese Samurai. Yuwen Hsiung is one of many who … Continue reading
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Tagged Akira Kurosawa, film, Japan, MacBeth, movies, TSPDT, William Shakespeare
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Late Spring
Late Spring (Banshun) (1949) dir. Yasujirō Ozu Noriko is 27 and unmarried. She doesn’t want to find a husband. She wants to stay home and take care of her father. But she needs to grow up. In the original script, … Continue reading
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Sansho the Bailiff – Liberal, Japanese Values
Zushiô’s father is an anachronistic Lockean, telling his son “Men are created equal. Everyone is entitled to their happiness.” His commitment to Enlightenment ideals doesn’t play over well in 11th Century Japan, and his family is exiled. They don’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, film, Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi, Legend of Bailiff Sansho, liberalism, movies, politics, religion, Sansho the Bailiff, TSPDT, World War II
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