Like Someone in Love (with Japan) pt.1

Like Someone in Love (With Japan) Pt.1 Films About Japan as seen from Without LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (WITH JAPAN) – Part 1 Prior to the films analysed in part 1 of this blog there was, principally but not exclusively in the post-WWII era, a number of Hollywood works made in and about Japan, often […]

Overnight Walk

  OVERNIGHT WALK オーバーナイトウォーク” Dir. Isobe Teppei   Japanese Cinema   Drama   City Symphony Walking has a particular provenance and a privileged charge in Japanese cinema, as it has in Japan. Historically the obligation of local daimyo to pay annual visits to their Lords necessitated long journeys on foot. Cultural reflections on such travels proliferate in […]