Kenji Misumi: The Quiet Master of Zatoichi and the Poetic Violence of Japanese Chanbara Cinema
Among the great directors of Japanese cinema, some names are immediately recognized around the world. Akira Kurosawa transformed the samurai […]
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Poet of Suffering and Cinema’s Conscience
The Formative Years: Trauma as Creative Wellspring (1898-1922) Kenji Mizoguchi was born on May 16, 1898, in the Hongo district
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