Japanese Classics Thread

I was thinking about making this thread for a while. I'm totally crazy about classic Japanese Cinema and I wonder if here's more people interested. Maybe someone would like to start watch some ;) If you want any recommendations, any infos, just anything - write. Share your thoughts and so on. I hope to spread some Japanese classics lovin' ;)

Yes, of course Ran is a classic. Films from 80' we can include and even some from 90' (for example "Ring"). I think we don't need to say that classic are only from, let's say, 20' to 60' or 70'. There are films after 2000 which will end up as classics after a while for sure.

Great thread idea!! I just finished watching The Rickshaw Man (1958, by Inagaki Hiroshi)...it's a great movie and definitely a classic! It stroke some deep chords within me...but I warn you, don't watch it if you're already a bit sad! And about Kurosawa...well, I only watched Seven Samurai, so I need to widen my knowledge too! :D

Oooh, that's on my to watch list too!! Lately I'm feeling the strong need to watch some old movies...I've watched just a few, but they're amazing, so I need more!! So of course if you (or anyone else) has any recommendations, feel free to tell me!! ^ ^

SuedeGirl wrote: no worries ;) Lately I was watching some yakuza eiga instead of chanbara and jidageki (samurai and historical films) - "Battles without Honor and Humanity" by Fukusaku Kinji are real jewel. Film changed whole perception on yakuza in Japanese film 'cause there was shown reality of crimes.

I'm really into yakuza movies too! I'll definitely check out this Battles without Honor and Humanity.
One of my fave yakuza movies is Kawaita hana (Pale Flower), directed by Masahiro Shinoda, it's a great watch. And of course there are also Kurosawa's great classics like Yojimbo and also Drunken Angel.

Takeshi Kitano also made some nice yakuza movies, but that's kinda recent, I'm not sure he would already cut it into the classics shelf of Japanese cinema, what do you guys think? :)

I can add Onibaba (1964). It's a horror movie, but well, since it's so old, I doubt it can be truly scary to us. I think it's one of the first Japanese horror movies ever.

Sleepy here. To make you move some little song. It's intro for the amazing film from 1966, "Tokyo Drifter", directed by Suzuki Seijun.



I hope you enjoy this oldie ;)

"Drunken Angel" and "Rashomon", my absolutely favourites but still I have few films to watch. "Tokyo Drifter" is great but specific but well, it's Suzuki Seijun :D I've seen "Youth of the Beast" not long time ago. Before me "Fighting Elegy" and infamous "Branded to Kill". I'm a fan of this director, he's one of my favourites. What is funny - Kurosawa is not my favourite, he has his own special place for legendary artists who you must know. He's together with Mizoguchi Kenji, Ozu Yasujiro and partly ('cause he's my personal favourite anyway), Kobayashi Masaki. And gosh, I want to see "Orochi", my the eldest film is so far "A Page of Madness" from 1926.