Document: type: review / Document: film language: Japanese

1. "Demon pond" is a stunning fantasy

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Richard Springer

Publication date:

1980 Sep 10

Document source:

East West (San Francisco, Calif.)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yashagaike (Demon pond) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1979

2. "Demon pond:" A lyrical legend unfolds beautifully

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Peter Stack

Publication date:

1980 Sep 5

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yashagaike (Demon pond) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1979

3. 'Actor's revenge' by Ichikawa

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Publication date:

1979 Jan 10

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yukinojo henge (An actor's revenge) — Ichikawa, Kon — Japan — 1963

4. 'After Life' is beautiful

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Jack Mathews

Publication date:

1999 May 12

Document source:

Daily News (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

bibliography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Wandafuru raifu (After life) — Koreeda, Hirokazu — Japan — 1998

5. 'Autumn afternoon' at 5th Av.

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Publication date:

1973 May 08

Document source:

New York Post

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, filmography, and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Samma no aji (An autumn afternoon) — Ozu, Yasujiro — Japan — 1962

6. 'Azumi'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

G. Allen Johnson

Publication date:

2006 Jul 28

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

bibliography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Azumi — Kitamura, Ryuhei — Japan — 2003

7. 'Ballad of Orin" tragic love story

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Lester Cole

Publication date:

1979 Dec 08

Document source:

People's World

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hanare goze orin (The ballad of Orin) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1977

8. 'Black rain'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Mel Tobias

Publication date:

1989 May 25

Document source:

Hollywood Reporter

Document contains:

bibliography and box info

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kuroi ame (Black rain) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1989

9. 'Blind beast'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Dennis Harvey

Publication date:

1998 Jul 22

Document source:

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Môju (Blind beast) — Masumura, Yasuzo — Japan — 1969

10. 'Bride of the Andes' at Toho La Brea Theater

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Publication date:

1967 May 27

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Andesu no hanayome (Bride of the Andes) — Hani, Susumu — Japan — 1966

11. 'Captive island' film of revenge from Japan

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

J.L. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Shokei no shima (Punishment island) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1966

12. 'Ceremony' attacks Japanese traditions

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Jerry Oster

Publication date:

1974 Feb 08

Document source:

Daily News (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

bibliography and distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Gishiki (The ceremony) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan — 1971

13. 'Ceremony' opens

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Frances Herridge

Publication date:

1974 Feb 08

Document source:

New York Post

Document contains:

bibliography, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Gishiki (The ceremony) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan — 1971

14. 'Clouds' lining is mostly gray

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Barbara Shulgasser

Publication date:

1988 Mar 31

Document source:

San Francisco Examiner

Document contains:

bibliography and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Ukigumo (Floating clouds) — Naruse, Mikio — Japan — 1955

15. 'Death by Hanging' bows at the Screening Room

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Publication date:

1974 Feb 15

Document source:

New York Post

Document contains:

bibliography and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Koshikei (Death by hanging) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan — 1968

16. 'Death by Hanging' drags

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Ernest Leogrande

Publication date:

1974 Feb 11

Document source:

Daily News (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

bibliography, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Koshikei (Death by hanging) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan — 1968

17. 'Desire': profound overkill

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Barbara Shulgasser

Publication date:

1988 Oct 22

Document source:

San Francisco Examiner

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kamigami no fukaki yokubo (The profound desire of the gods) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1968

18. 'Dodes'ka-den' a shantytown drama

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Publication date:

1971 Jun 10

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Dodes'ka-den — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1970

19. 'Dodes'ka-den' is fine Kurosawa film

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

William B. Collins

Publication date:

1973 Nov 29

Document source:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Dodes'ka-den — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1970

20. 'Doses'ka-den' is a Kurosawa curiosity

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Ernest Schier

Publication date:

1973 Nov 29

Document source:

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Dodes'ka-den — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1970

21. 'Double suicide' Japanese puppet-drama updated

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Gar Pill

Publication date:

1970 Oct 30

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Shinju ten no amijima (Double suicide) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1969

22. 'Dust bunnies' hop to life in 'Totoro'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Peter Stack

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Tonari no Totoro (My neighbor Totoro) — Miyazaki, Hayao — Japan — 1988

23. 'Early spring' at the New Yorker

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Publication date:

1974 Sep 26

Document source:

New York Post

Document contains:

bibliography and distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Soshun (Early spring) — Ozu, Yasujiro — Japan — 1956

24. 'Eijanaika' - a glorious but confusing epic

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

John Stark

Publication date:

1982 Jul 30

Document source:

San Francisco Examiner

Document contains:

box info and distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Eijanaika (So what) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1981

25. 'Empire of passion' - a film of love, sex and murder

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judy Stone

Publication date:

1980 Mar 05

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Ai no borei (Empire of passion) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan; France — 1978

26. 'Fruits': O. is back in misfortune cookie

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judy Stone

Publication date:

1982 Jun 25

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Les fruits de la passion (Fruits of passion) — Terayama, Shuji — France; Japan — 1981

27. 'Hanare goze orin'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Audie Bock

Document source:

Japan Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hanare goze orin (The ballad of Orin) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1977

28. 'Hanare goze orin'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Audie Bock

Document source:

Japan Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

Hanare goze orin (The ballad of Orin) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1977

29. 'High and low': a classic by Kurosawa

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Howard Thompson

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

bibliography and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Tengoku to jigoku (High and low) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1963

30. 'Hiroshima, Mon Amour' a major film milestone

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Paul V. Beckley

Document source:

New York Herald Tribune

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hiroshima mon amour (Hiroshima, my love) — Resnais, Alain — France; Japan — 1959

31. 'Hiroshima, Mon Amour' at Fine Arts

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Document source:

New York Post

Document contains:

bibliography, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hiroshima mon amour (Hiroshima, my love) — Resnais, Alain — France; Japan — 1959

32. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Paul V. Beckley

Document source:

New York Herald Tribune

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hiroshima mon amour (Hiroshima, my love) — Resnais, Alain — France; Japan — 1959

33. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

A. H. Weiler

Document source:

New York Times

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hiroshima mon amour (Hiroshima, my love) — Resnais, Alain — France; Japan — 1959

34. 'Hoodlum soldier' in Japanese series

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

A. H. Weiler

Publication date:

1974 Jun 20

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Heitai yakuza (The hoodlum soldier) — Masumura, Yasuzo — Japan — 1965

35. 'In the realm of the senses' - press extracts

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

3

Related films:

Ai no koriida (In the realm of the senses) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan; France — 1976

36. 'L'empire des sens', de Nagisa Oshima

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Jacques Siclier

Publication date:

1976 Sep 17

Document source:

Monde, Le

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Ai no koriida (In the realm of the senses) — Oshima, Nagisa — Japan; France — 1976

37. 'Laputa': top-notch animation from Japan

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Michael Snyder

Publication date:

1989 Aug 11

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Tenku no shiro Laputa (Laputa: castle in the sky) — Miyazaki, Hayao — Japan — 1986

38. 'Lower depths' fine Japanese film play

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Geoffrey Warren

Publication date:

1962 May 02

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

Donzoko (The lower depths) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1957

39. 'MacArthur's children' in occupied Japan

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judy Stone

Publication date:

1985 Jun 07

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (MacArthur's children) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1984

40. 'Madadayo'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Bob Graham

Publication date:

2000 Oct 06

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Madadayo (Not yet) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1993

41. 'MarArthur's children'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Ed Kaufman

Publication date:

1985 Jun 03

Document source:

Hollywood Reporter

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (MacArthur's children) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1984

42. 'Mononoke': epic ecological parable

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Wesley Morris

Publication date:

1999 Nov 05

Document source:

San Francisco Examiner

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Mononoke hime (Princess Mononoke) — Miyazaki, Hayao — Japan — 1997

43. 'My love' a realistic story of old Japan

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Publication date:

1979 Jan 05

Document source:

New York Post

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Waga koi wa moenu (My love has been burning) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1949

44. 'Nagasaki' earnest, but dull

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Publication date:

1983 Dec 13

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kono ko wo nokoshite (Children of Nagasaki) — Kinoshita, Keisuke — Japan — 1983

45. 'Pigs': vision of a ruined world

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Joe Brown

Publication date:

1986 Aug 15

Document source:

Washington Post

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Buta to gunkan (Pigs and battleships) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1961

46. 'Pond' awash with the supernatural

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Archer Winsten

Publication date:

1982 Jul 21

Document source:

New York Post

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yashagaike (Demon pond) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1979

47. 'Profound Desire' a key film in Japanese director's career

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Paul Sherman

Publication date:

1988 May 27

Document source:

Boston Herald

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kamigami no fukaki yokubo (The profound desire of the gods) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1968

48. 'Profound Desire': primitive urges unleashed

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Betsy Sherman

Publication date:

1988 May 27

Document source:

Boston Globe

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kamigami no fukaki yokubo (The profound desire of the gods) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1968

49. 'Ran': Kurosawa spectacle needs some sorting out

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judy Stone

Publication date:

1985 Dec 25

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

Ran — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan; France — 1985

50. 'Seven Samurai' excels in the hands of a master

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Susan King

Publication date:

2006 Sep 03

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Shichinin no samurai (Seven samurai) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1954

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