From the release of his debut directorial feature film, “House” (1977), to his death in 2020, Nobuhiko Obayashi had been known as a truly unique director. Even before “House”, he was known as one of the pioneers of experimental cinema in Japan, creating such remarkable pieces as “Emotion” (1966) and “Nakasendo” (1963). “The Deserted City”, based on a novel by Takehiko Fukunaga, is a production instantly recognisable as one created by him, as it incorporates the various traits seen in his films of the period.
Eguchi notices in the news the destruction of Yanagawa by a devastating conflagration. The town, dubbed the Venice of Japan due to its extensive canal network connecting the many rivers flowing through the city, is one Eguchi remembers relatively well. After all, he knows the town first-hand due to his experience of living there for a few months while completing his graduation thesis on the effect of Celtic collapse...
Eguchi notices in the news the destruction of Yanagawa by a devastating conflagration. The town, dubbed the Venice of Japan due to its extensive canal network connecting the many rivers flowing through the city, is one Eguchi remembers relatively well. After all, he knows the town first-hand due to his experience of living there for a few months while completing his graduation thesis on the effect of Celtic collapse...
- 3/31/2021
- by Raktim Nandi
- AsianMoviePulse
Toho’s fabulous, kid-safe Kaiju spectacle about the super-moth from Infant Island might be a stealth Cold War fairy tale. Kids respond to the fanciful Shobijin fairy princesses, while adults (watching the Japanese version) might catch the authors’ message about national belligerence and the abuse of Third Worlders. Greedy ‘Rolisican’ opportunists pay the price of an ancient curse. For its expression of Nature’s justice, vigilante-style, Ishiro Honda’s music-filled show stands right up there with Gorgo — and the giant Moth is also the only Japanese Kaiju monster identified as female.
Mothra
Steelbook Edition
Blu-ray
Mill Creek Entertainment
1961 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 88, 101 min. / Mosura / Street Date July 9, 2019 / 24.98
Starring: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyoko Kagawa, Ken Uehara, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Jerry Ito, Takashi Shimura, Tetsu Nakamura, Akihiro Tayama.
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Original Music: Yuji Koseki
Written by Yoshie Hotta, Shinichiro Nakamura, Shinichi Sekizawa from a...
Mothra
Steelbook Edition
Blu-ray
Mill Creek Entertainment
1961 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 88, 101 min. / Mosura / Street Date July 9, 2019 / 24.98
Starring: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyoko Kagawa, Ken Uehara, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Jerry Ito, Takashi Shimura, Tetsu Nakamura, Akihiro Tayama.
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Original Music: Yuji Koseki
Written by Yoshie Hotta, Shinichiro Nakamura, Shinichi Sekizawa from a...
- 7/13/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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