Based on “The Honjin Murders”, the debut work of Seishi Yokomizo that was first serialized in 1946 and published in 1973 and the winner of the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award, “Death at an Old Mansion” is another great production by Atg, which was also screened in competition at the 26th Berlinale, in 1976.
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The mystery revolves around the wealthy Ichayanagi family, and takes place in an unspecified village in Okayama. The movie begins with the wedding of Kenzo, the family's eldest son, who is marrying a simple primary school teacher, Katsuko Kubo, against the firm protest of the tradition-conscious family, as the later reaction of a drunken uncle eloquently highlights. Suzu, Kenzo's rather beautiful sister is also present and gives an impressive performance playing the koto, but is soon revealed to be mentally handicapped, as she begins to...
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The mystery revolves around the wealthy Ichayanagi family, and takes place in an unspecified village in Okayama. The movie begins with the wedding of Kenzo, the family's eldest son, who is marrying a simple primary school teacher, Katsuko Kubo, against the firm protest of the tradition-conscious family, as the later reaction of a drunken uncle eloquently highlights. Suzu, Kenzo's rather beautiful sister is also present and gives an impressive performance playing the koto, but is soon revealed to be mentally handicapped, as she begins to...
- 9/6/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Nishijin is a district in Kyoto famous for “Nishijin-ori”, an ultra-expensive fabric produced with traditional means. Yoichi Takabayashi takes the folk story standard of the double suicide (between a prostitute and a poor worker) and places it in the particular setting in the 70s in “Double Suicide at Nishijin”, in an approach though, that could easily take place in the 1700s, when the original double suicide story was first presented.
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Yumi is a very beautiful young girl, who, as the story begins, is running away from her lover in Osaka, who has just been bankrupted, and wants to commit a double suicide with her. After the investigation, a kind-hearted, middle aged policeman, Amano, gives her money to return to her mother in Fukushima. She, however, takes the money and decides to stay in Osaka, eventually deciding to become an...
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Yumi is a very beautiful young girl, who, as the story begins, is running away from her lover in Osaka, who has just been bankrupted, and wants to commit a double suicide with her. After the investigation, a kind-hearted, middle aged policeman, Amano, gives her money to return to her mother in Fukushima. She, however, takes the money and decides to stay in Osaka, eventually deciding to become an...
- 9/1/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Western authority on the culture of Japan, his adopted homeland
Donald Richie, who has died aged 88, wrote extensively on Japan, his adopted homeland after his arrival in 1947 with the Us occupation forces. He was best known for his books on cinema, including The Japanese Film: Art and Industry (1959), the first major English-language study of the subject, co-written with Joseph L Anderson; The Films of Akira Kurosawa (1965); Ozu: His Life and Films (1974); and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (2001). Richie played a pivotal role in introducing the director Yasujiro Ozu to foreign audiences and curated, in 1963, the first international Ozu retrospective, at the Berlin film festival. In 1983, he received the first Kawakita award, for individuals or organisations that have contributed to Japanese film culture.
Though recognised as the most important figure in introducing Japanese cinema to the west, Richie saw himself as a writer foremost and a film critic secondarily. His...
Donald Richie, who has died aged 88, wrote extensively on Japan, his adopted homeland after his arrival in 1947 with the Us occupation forces. He was best known for his books on cinema, including The Japanese Film: Art and Industry (1959), the first major English-language study of the subject, co-written with Joseph L Anderson; The Films of Akira Kurosawa (1965); Ozu: His Life and Films (1974); and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (2001). Richie played a pivotal role in introducing the director Yasujiro Ozu to foreign audiences and curated, in 1963, the first international Ozu retrospective, at the Berlin film festival. In 1983, he received the first Kawakita award, for individuals or organisations that have contributed to Japanese film culture.
Though recognised as the most important figure in introducing Japanese cinema to the west, Richie saw himself as a writer foremost and a film critic secondarily. His...
- 2/21/2013
- by Jasper Sharp
- The Guardian - Film News
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