// Also available in French
What asian movies to expect in 2012? Any interesting upcoming films from Japan, South Korea, China…? Check it out, the year 2012 looks more than promising! Read more…
Koji Wakamatsu
How about two Koji Wakamatsu films for 2012? Expectations were mostly set on his Mishima project, but he has also been developing another film… Read more…
Veteran japanese director Koji Wakamatsu is unstoppable for now, still ready to tell subversive stories. In Red Army, it was the failing of the left-wing movements in Japan, in Caterpillar, the consequences of war. Now, Wakamatsu is taking on the controversial writer, Yukio Mishima, who killed himself after a failed coup d’état in November 1970. Read more…
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// Cross-posted in French here
In 2011, what movies can we expect from Japan, China, South Korea…? Read more…
For the very first time in the West (correct me if I’m wrong), a book on japanese director Koji Wakamatsu will be published, in France, on November 26th – just when the retrospective begins! So, this book is 200 pages, and includes 15 translated essays written by Wakamatsu himself!
He shares his thoughts on the Japanese Film Industry in the 60s & and the 80s, explains why pinku-eiga are so interesting (at least, when it’s still an underground film genre), tells his Palestine story & his early life… And much more! There’s also a career interview (by Go Hirasawa), one french analysis, plus one essay by Nagisa Oshima saying how much he admires Wakamatsu. All in french.
The book will be sold with the film The Woman Who Wanted To Die (1970, directed 1/2months after Mishima’s suicide but then banned in Japan!). Check for more details, and here’s one review (nice pics). Again, it’s all in french.
