Nagisa Oshima

AN ACTOR’S REVENGE

Aug 1, 2018 Nathanael Hood 0

Kon Ichikawa was initially apprehensive when the higher ups at Daiei Studios informed him that his 1957 film The Men of Tohoku would be in anamorphic widescreen. Ichikawa—that great auteur who helped bridge the gap […]

The Man Who Shot TAMPOPO

Jun 19, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

Juzo Itami’s Tampopo is perhaps sadly destined to be forever overshadowed by its own reputation as the greatest food porn movie ever made. It’s tragic because behind all the luscious close-ups of scrumptious food is […]