58-59 / BD 72 Yōkihi & Akasen chitai
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Booklet problem
My booklet has jumbled up pages and I'm wondering if it is a one-off problem, in which case I will just send my copy back to Amazon for a replacement.
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Would work if all the pages are in the booklet.. I miss, for example, almost everything from Akasen Chitai en I have everything from Yôkihi double!reno dakota wrote:This particular booklet is saddle-stitched, so fixing it should require only removing the staples from the spine, reordering the pages, and replacing the staples. This might be a better option than requesting a replacement set. Just a thought....
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Watched Akasen chitai last night for the first time. The memory of it is sticking with me better than the viewing experience itself, and I'll probably watch it again, but man it's hard for me to praise Mizoguchi's contemporary films in comparison with Naruse.
I can't complain about the all-around excellent performances, though.
I can't complain about the all-around excellent performances, though.
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I became familiar with these Mizoguchi films before i first encountered most of the comparable Naruse ones. I loved them at first -- but do have to concede now that they are pretty dramatically unsubtle compared to Naruse's films of the same period.GringoTex wrote:Watched Akasen chitai last night for the first time. The memory of it is sticking with me better than the viewing experience itself, and I'll probably watch it again, but man it's hard for me to praise Mizoguchi's contemporary films in comparison with Naruse.
The best parts of Akasen chitai are still wonderful, however -- as are most parts of Gion bayashi (and virtually ALL of the unheralded Woman of Rumor).
I was not too enthused by the woman with the rotten grown-up son. I would agree as to the rest of the performances. The (normally) stately and gorgeous Michiyo Kogure was particularly impressive as the bespectacled "working mother".I can't complain about the all-around excellent performances, though.
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Gion bayashi remains my favorite contemporary Mizoguchi for its extreme empathy. Akasen is all so matter of fact- like a political tract. Of course, I haven't seen Woman of Rumor.Michael Kerpan wrote:The best parts of Akasen chitai are still wonderful, however -- as are most parts of Gion bayashi (and virtually ALL of the unheralded Woman of Rumor).
Which me brings me back to the mystery of what makes Naruse so great. Of all my favorite directors, his style is the most elusive to pinpoint. The best explanation I know of is his own: “If they move even a little, they quickly hit the wall."
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However, there are a few films where Naruse's characters _don't_ run into a wall (or there is hope that they won't) -- and they are pretty wonderful too.GringoTex wrote:Which me brings me back to the mystery of what makes Naruse so great. Of all my favorite directors, his style is the most elusive to pinpoint. The best explanation I know of is his own: “If they move even a little, they quickly hit the wall."
Akasen chitai is a bit schematic at points -- but there are long stretches that go beyond matter-of-fact-ness.
Woman of Rumor has an especially interesting (much more jittery than the norm in Mizoguchi) performance by Tanaka. A must-see film for KT fans.
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Re: 58-59 Yokihi & Akasen chitai
October 21st, BD upgrade in the limited "Late Mizoguchi" boxset
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Re: 58-59 / BD 72 Yokihi & Akasen chitai
I am watching Yokihi on the MOC Blu-Ray and during the scenes where the general begins the rebellion, there are a whole bunch of subtitles describing what is happening in the story, but there is no dialogue and no on screen text. Sansho The Bailiff has similar sequences, but the MOC Late Mizoguchi book & Criterion book both address this for Sansho (producer's wishes/missing elements). The MOC Book doesn't say anything similar for Yokihi. Is it a similar situation?