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

1. 'Captive island' film of revenge from Japan

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document

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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

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

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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

3. 'Hanare goze orin'

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document

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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

4. 'Hanare goze orin'

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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

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

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document

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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

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

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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

7. 'Hiroshima, Mon Amour' at Fine Arts

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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

8. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

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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

9. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

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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

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

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document

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

3

Related films:

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

11. 'Street' shames vice center

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

S. A. Desick

Document source:

Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Document contains:

bibliography and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Akasen chitai (Street of shame) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1956

12. 'The yakuza,' a cinematic hybrid about obligation

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Lawrence Van Gelder

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

The yakuza — Pollack, Sydney — United States; Japan — 1975

13. 'Ugetsu' vital, unforgettable

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

TJK

Document source:

Hokubei Shimpo

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Ugetsu monogatari (Ugetsu) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1953

14. 'Yojimbo'

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Mandel Herbstman

Document source:

Film Daily, The

Document contains:

bibliography, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yojimbo — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1961

15. 'Yojimbo'

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Paul V. Beckley

Document source:

New York Herald Tribune

Document contains:

bibliography, distribution co, filmography, and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yojimbo — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1961

16. A pool of passion at the Fine Arts

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Alton Cook

Document source:

New York World-Telegram and Sun

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

17. A touching Japanese tale on Guild screen

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kate Cameron

Document source:

Daily News (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Gan (The mistress) — Toyoda, Shirô — Japan — 1953

18. Ballad of Narayama a revealing theme in few words

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Gene Siskel

Document source:

Chicago Tribune

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Narayama bushi-ko (The ballad of Narayama) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1982

19. Biting satire of Japan's education system

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Wu Ying Ying

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kazoku geemu (The family game) — Morita, Yoshimitsu — Japan — 1983

20. Black rain

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Donald Richie

Document source:

Cinemaya

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

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

21. Bones in the sky

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

John W. Rowberry

Document source:

Drummer

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Fukushu suruwa ware ni ari (Vengeance is mine) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1979

22. Contrasts evident in Japanese-Soviet movie

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Richard Eder

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

box info

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Dersu uzala — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan; Soviet Union — 1975

23. Cool ronin

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Luis H. Francia

Document source:

Village Voice

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Akutaro (The young rebel) — Suzuki, Seijun — Japan — 1963
Tokyo nagaremono (Tokyo drifter) — Suzuki, Seijun — Japan — 1966
Kenka ereji (Elegy to violence) — Suzuki, Seijun — Japan — 1966

24. Critic's choice

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Myron Meisel

Document source:

Reader (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

25. Critic's choice : A woman of rumor

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Myron Meisel

Document source:

Reader (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Uwasa no onna (A woman of rumor) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1954

26. Critic's choice : Portrait of Madame Yuki

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Myron Meisel

Document source:

Reader (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Yuki fujin ezu (A picture of Madame Yuki) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1950

27. Culture-bound creations

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Dave Kehr

Document source:

Reader (Chicago, Ill.)

Document contains:

bibliography and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

28. Detective story from Japan

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judith Crist

Document source:

New York Herald Tribune

Document contains:

bibliography and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

29. Découvrir des Mizoguchi

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Jean-Louis Manceau

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, and production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

Yuki fujin ezu (A picture of Madame Yuki) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1950
Musashino fujin (Lady Musashino) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1951

30. Early spring

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Norma McLain Stoop

Document source:

After Dark

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

31. Eijanaika

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

32. Empire of the senses

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document

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review

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

33. Film: Family game, from Japan

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document

Document type:

review

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, filmography, and production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kazoku geemu (The family game) — Morita, Yoshimitsu — Japan — 1983

34. Film: From Shinoda, 'MacArthur's children'

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Vincent Canby

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

35. French film made in Japan at Fine Arts

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Kate Cameron

Document source:

Daily News (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

distribution co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

36. Future past

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document

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review

Document author(s):

Alvin Lu

Document source:

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Rashomon — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1950
Lung sing jing yuet (Dragon town story) — Yang, Fengliang — Hong Kong — 1997

37. George Lucas' inspiration

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Judy Stone

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Dersu uzala — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan; Soviet Union — 1975

38. Hani's film of inferno of first love arresting

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Donald Richie

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Hatsukoi jigokuhen (Nanami: The inferno of first love) — Hani, Susumu — Japan — 1968

39. Himiko

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Gene Moskowitz

Document source:

Variety

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Himiko — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1974

40. Hiroshima, mon amour

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Jesse Zunser

Document source:

Cue Magazine

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

41. History of post-war Japan as told by a bar hostess

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Richard Combs

Document source:

Sight and Sound

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Nippon sengoshi - Madamu Onboro no seikatsu (History of postwar Japan as told by a bar hostess) — Imamura, Shohei — Japan — 1970

42. Isle of the dead

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Paul D. Zimmerman

Document source:

Newsweek

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kanojo to kare (She and he) — Hani, Susumu — Japan — 1963

43. Italy and Japan send two top screen dramas

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Dick Williams

Document source:

Los Angeles Mirror-News

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Akasen chitai (Street of shame) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1956

44. Japan imports new hit in 'Street of shame'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Alva Senzek

Document source:

San Francisco Examiner

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Akasen chitai (Street of shame) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1956

45. Keisuke Kinoshita

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document

Document type:

review

Document source:

Internet

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

Rikugun (Army) — Kinoshita, Keisuke — Japan — 1944
Osone-ke no ashita (Morning for the Osone family) — Kinoshita, Keisuke — Japan — 1946

46. Kimiko

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Hobe Morrison

Document source:

Variety

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Tsuma yo bara no yo ni (Wife! Be like a rose!) — Naruse, Mikio — Japan — 1935

47. Kumonosu-jo

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document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

K.C. (Monthly Film Bulletin)

Document source:

Monthly Film Bulletin

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Kumonosu-jo (Throne of blood) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1957

48. Lot of pain in 'The senses'

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Frank Rich

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

49. Love in a mass grave

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document source:

Time

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

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

50. Macao

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

G.L.

Document source:

Monthly Film Bulletin

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and filmography

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Macao — Von Sternberg, Josef; Ray, Nicholas — United States — 1952

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1. 'Captive island' film of revenge from Japan

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

3. 'Hanare goze orin'

4. 'Hanare goze orin'

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

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

7. 'Hiroshima, Mon Amour' at Fine Arts

8. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

9. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'

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

11. 'Street' shames vice center

12. 'The yakuza,' a cinematic hybrid about obligation

13. 'Ugetsu' vital, unforgettable

14. 'Yojimbo'

15. 'Yojimbo'

16. A pool of passion at the Fine Arts

17. A touching Japanese tale on Guild screen

18. Ballad of Narayama a revealing theme in few words

19. Biting satire of Japan's education system

20. Black rain

21. Bones in the sky

22. Contrasts evident in Japanese-Soviet movie

23. Cool ronin

24. Critic's choice

25. Critic's choice : A woman of rumor

26. Critic's choice : Portrait of Madame Yuki

27. Culture-bound creations

28. Detective story from Japan

29. Découvrir des Mizoguchi

30. Early spring

31. Eijanaika

32. Empire of the senses

33. Film: Family game, from Japan

34. Film: From Shinoda, 'MacArthur's children'

35. French film made in Japan at Fine Arts

36. Future past

37. George Lucas' inspiration

38. Hani's film of inferno of first love arresting

39. Himiko

40. Hiroshima, mon amour

41. History of post-war Japan as told by a bar hostess

42. Isle of the dead

43. Italy and Japan send two top screen dramas

44. Japan imports new hit in 'Street of shame'

45. Keisuke Kinoshita

46. Kimiko

47. Kumonosu-jo

48. Lot of pain in 'The senses'

49. Love in a mass grave

50. Macao