Yamanaka, Sadao (1909–1938)
Sadao Yamanaka was a Japanese film director known for bringing a modern, critical touch to period films in the 1930s. Born in Kyoto, he entered…
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Masumura, Yasuzō (1924–1986)
Masumura Yasuzō was a Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and critic. He started his career at the Daiei Studio, as an assistant, most notably to the…
Ozu, Yasujirō (1903–1963)
Yasujirō Ozu has been called the ‘most Japanese’ of all Japanese filmmakers. One of the three giants often said to represent Japanese cinema – along…
A Page of Madness (1926)
A Page of Madness [Kurutta ichipeiji or ippeiji] is a black and white silent Japanese film directed by Kinugasa Teinosuke that has been celebrated for…
Ch’oe Sŭng-hŭi (1911–1969)
Known as the Dancing Princess of the Peninsula, based on the title of a Japanese-made film in which she appeared (Hanto no Maihimei), Ch’oe Sŭng-hŭi’s…
Nakahira, Kō (1926–1978)
Nakahira Kō was a prolific and wide-ranging Japanese film director who, during his relatively short career, directed more than forty feature-length films. He began his…
Mikio, Naruse (1905–1969)
Naruse Mikio was a popular and critically renowned Japanese film director who was active from the early 1930s to the mid-1960s. He completed eighty-nine films,…
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Osaka Elegy is an early sound film by Japanese film director Mizoguchi Kenji. It features elements of Mizoguchi's trademark style, such as lateral tracking shots,…
Mizoguchi, Kenji (1898–1956)
Japanese film director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was one of Japan's three greatest golden age directors alongside Yasujirō Ozu and Akira Kurosawa. Mizoguchi developed a distinctive…
Yu, Hyun-mok (1925–2009)
Yu Hyun-mok belonged to the first generation of postliberation filmmakers in South Korea, and is known for films inspired by Italian neorealism that unsparingly depicted…
Italian Neorealism
Italian Neorealism is a filmmaking movement associated with a select group of Italian filmmakers in the latter years of, and the years immediately following, World…