Japanese Film

Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa (1943-1945) [The Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Sept. 25, 2021

Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa (1943-1945)
Sanshiro Sugata / The Most Beautiful / Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two / The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
4xDVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | 305 min | 15,96 Gb
Audio: Japanese (日本語) AC3 1.0 @ 384 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama | The Criterion Collection

Years before Akira Kurosawa changed the face of cinema with such iconic works as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo, he made his start in the Japanese film industry with four popular and exceptional works, created as World War II raged. All gripping dramas, those rare first films - Sanshiro Sugata; The Most Beautiful; Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two; and The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail - are collected here and include a two-part martial arts saga, a portrait of female volunteers helping the war effort, and a kabuki-derived tale of deception. These captivating films are a glorious introduction to a peerless career.

Details

PBS - The American Hero Film Series (1991) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at July 8, 2023

Produced by an independent film production company four World War II documentaries, "Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific," "Pistol Packin' Mama: Missions of a B-17," "Fighting 17: The Jolly Rogers," and "17th Airborne: The Bulge to the Rhine," have received 11 prestigious film awards, including two Telly Awards, two Columbus International Film Festival Awards, and two New York International Film Festival citations.

Details

Hopscotch Films - The Story of Film (2011) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Oct. 21, 2023

The Story of Film: An Odyssey is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe. Guided by film historian Mark Cousins, this bold 15-part love letter to the movies begins with the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century and concludes with the multi-billion dollar globalized digital industry of the 21st.

Details

Rashomon (1950) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 22, 2020

Rashomon (1950) [Criterion Collection, Spine #138]
BDRip 1080p | MKV | AVC, 1480x1080, ~ 3.8 Mbps | 1hr 28mn | 2.85 GB
Japanese (日本語): AC3, 1 ch, 448 kbps \ English: AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps \ English: AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | Director: Akira Kurosawa | Top Rated Movies #128

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.

Details

The Sion Sono Movies

Posted by at Dec. 27, 2021

The Sion Sono (2016)
The ever-evolving Sion Sono, who burst onto the Japanese film scene with "I Am Sion Sono!!" in 1984, has made a name for himself in world cinema as a numerous award-winner, festival favorite and provocateur. Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono's early work before his passing, this documentary gives insight into the man, the poet, the painter, the scriptwriter, the husband and the boy who will eventually grow up to be the Sion Sono. Lineage, history and the past meeting the present are themes in this film in which Oshima connects the dots in Sono's creative life by taking the camera to the site of his upbringing and following the production of his most recent film "The Whispering Star," also screening at this year's JAPAN CUTS. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Documentary

Details

Uplink - Pink Ribbon (2004) Movies

Posted by notbanned at April 29, 2019

Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of softcore pornography in this extensive examination of the "pinku eiga" genre (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga or Pinkeiga). For more than 40 years, so-called "pink" films have served as both a key source of revenue for the Japanese film industry as well as a launching pad for the careers of such mainstream filmmakers as Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Details

Film Victoria - Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia (2009) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Sept. 15, 2020

'Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia' explores the historical context of Australia’s early relationship with its northern neighbour, and the impact made by this small film on emerging Australian documentary film culture.

Details

CSR Film - Ur-Musig (1993) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Oct. 27, 2020

CSR Film - Ur-Musig (1993)
DVDRip | 712 x 572 | .MKV/AVC @ 2180 Kbps | 1 h 47 min | Instrumental AC-3 448 Kbps, 5 channels | 2.02 GB
Subtitles: English, Dansk, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, Español, Suomi, Français, עברית, Bahasa Indonesia, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Română, Русский, Svenska, ภาษาไทย, Türkçe, tiếng Việt, 中文, 中文
Genre: Documentary

UR-MUSIG is a musical trip through the archaic soundscape that has survived in parts of central Switzerland and the region around Appenzell. The voyage explores the bond between the inhabitants, their forms of musical expression, and the landscape in which they live

Details

BBC - The Art of Japanese Life (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 27, 2017

Dr James Fox looks at the art and culture of Japan.

Details

The Magnificent Seven (2016) Movies

Posted by edi1967 at Jan. 7, 2017

The Magnificent Seven (2016)
I Magnifici 7 - Los siete magníficos - Les Sept Mercenaires
A Film by Antoine Fuqua
DVD9 | PAL | 2.39:1 | 16:9 | 720x576 | 02:07:33 | 5% recovery | 6.7 GB
Languages: English 5.1 @ 448 Kbps; English (Descriptive), Italian, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1 @ 384 Kbps
Subtitles: Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Dutch, Arabic
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

Details