Yumeji Tsukioka

  • Satsuo Yamamoto – Karei-naru ichizoku AKA The Family (1974)

    Satsuo Yamamoto1971-1980AsianDramaJapan
    Karei naru ichizoku (1974)
    Karei naru ichizoku (1974)

    Manpyou Daisuke is one of the country’s most powerful financiers. He asserts absolute control over his family as he has worked to expands his house’s influence through less than honest means. However, he has always harboured doubts over his eldest son Teppei’s parentage. One day Teppei makes a disastrous business mistake…

    An epic-length film adapted from the novel of the same name.Read More »

  • Yasujirô Ozu – Banshun AKA Late Spring (1949)

    Yasujiro Ozu1941-1950AsianDramaJapan
    Banshun (1949)
    Banshun (1949)

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    Shukichi is a professor, a widower, absorbed in his work. His unmarried daughter, Noriko, runs his household for him. Both are perfectly content with this arrangement until the old man’s sister declares that her niece should get married. Noriko is, after all, in her mid-20s; in Japan in 1949, a single woman that old is approaching the end of her shelf life. His sister warns the professor that after his death Noriko will be left alone in the world; it is his duty to push her out of the nest and find a husband who can support her. The professor reluctantly agrees. When his daughter opposes any idea of marriage, he tells her he is also going to remarry. That is a lie, but he will sacrifice his own comfort for his daughter’s future. She marries.Read More »

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