@silentbeauties if you can, watch the films from Tanaka. She was only the second woman directing feature length films in Japan and played in more then 100 films. This one you can see that Ozu was involved, and the black/white cinematography is breathtaking beautiful.
Silence Has No Wings 1966 ‘とべない沈黙’
Directed by Kazuo Kuroki
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life’s turning points. #Cinemastodon#Japan#Cinema
Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2003 ‘不散’
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
On a dark and rainy night, a historic #Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 “Dragon Inn”. As the film plays, the lives of the theater’s various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.#Taiwan#Cinema#Cinemastodon#Film
A Man Escaped 1956 ‘Un condamné à mort s'est échappé’
Directed by Robert Bresson
Based on a true story a captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison. #France#Cinema#Classicfilm#Film#Kino
The White Reindeer 1952 ‘Valkoinen peura’
Directed by Erik Blomberg
A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results. #Finland#Cinema#Cinemastodon#Classicfilm#Movie#Finnish#Film
Spring Dreams 1960 ‘春の夢’
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly man who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends. #Japanese#Cinema#Japan#Film#Kinoshita
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. #India#Cinema#Film#Movie#Cinemastodon
a special program #streaming#Japanese 12 #independent#movies for #free, is finally open. This year's program also introduces the present state of Japanese film #culture by highlighting independent movie theaters - mini-theaters - around #Japan.
The streaming will start at 5:00 p.m. JST on August 1, 2023 on this special website.