A communist goes on the run with his brother’s wife, after some misfortune.Read More »
Rokkô Toura
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Kôji Wakamatsu – Kyoso joshi-ko AKA Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969)
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Kaneto Shindô – Waga michi AKA My Way (1974)
Kaneto Shindô1971-1980ArthouseDramaJapan
Kaneto Shindô’s 1974 film “My Way” is a throwback to films of his early career and is an exposure of the Japanese government’s mistreatment of the country’s migratory workers. Based on a true story, an elderly women resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband’s dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.Read More »
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Nagisa Ôshima – Mao and the Cultural Revolution (1969)
1961-1970DocumentaryJapanNagisa OshimaTV
Nagisa Oshima’s documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party’s struggle and cultural upheaval. Made in 1969 for NTV station, this TV documentary also questions Mao’s dictator tendency during the cultural revolution.Read More »