Tag Archives: Kenji Mizoguchi

FLIX PIX (932): “THE 47 RONIN (of the Genroku Era)”

Posted on November 28, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE 47 RONIN (directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, 1941) **** (out of 5) . > This stately film is a widely celebrated, highly respected work of Japanese cinematic art, and I can certainly see why. . Though I did not find it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 47 Ronin, arts, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, Genroku era, Harakiri, historical drama, ideas, Japan, Japanese cinema, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, loyalty, movies, opinion, reviews, ritual, sacrifice, tradition | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (846): “SANSHO THE BAILIFF is Classic Japanese Cinema”

Posted on October 16, 2022 by KPKeelan

SANSHO THE BAILIFF (directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) ***** (out of 5) . > This classic film was not on my radar at all, until found the title two European “Best Films of All Time” lists. That kind of praise will … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

Posted on July 27, 2021 by KPKeelan

. SEPTEMBER 2020. Amid the global pandemic horror, the cinematic bounty overfloweth! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 21 Days, 47 Ronin, A Dry White Season, aboriginals, action, adventure, Alps, Alvarez Kelly, Ann Sheridan‎, Anya Taylor-Joy, apartheid, Australian cinema, Authur Laurents, Autumn de Wilde, Bill Nighy, British politics, Carey Mulligan, Cary Grant‎, Civil War, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, divorce, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Ed Oxenbould, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Emma., empowerment, endurance, equality, F.W. Murnau, families, farce, feminism, Fred Astaire, Fred Schepisi, Greek cinema, Harakiri, Henry James, High Heels, historical drama, history, Howard Hawks, humor, I Was a Male War Bride, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jane Austen, Japanese cinema, John Cleese, John Entwistle, Johnny Flynn, Julie Delpy, Kathleen Turner, Keith Moon, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kirsten Dunst, Laurence Olivier, Maiden, Man With the Gun, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Monty Python, music, musicals, mysteries, native populations, Nobel Prize, parody, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, performance, period pieces, Pete Townsend, Peter Cook, Peter Lawford, politics, racism, Richard Widmark, Robert J. Flaherty, Robert Mitchum, rock and roll, Roger Daltrey, romance, Royal Wedding, Sam Shepard, satire, silent films, Sofia Coppola, South Africa, south seas, Spanish cinema, Spencer Tracy, sports, survival, taboos, Tabu A Tale of the South Seas, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Kids Are Alright, The Last Hurrah, The Nightcomers, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Prize, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Virgin Suicides, The Who, thrillers, Tracy Edwards, tragedy, tribal rituals, Turn of the Screw, violence, Vivien Leigh, Volker Schlöndorff, Voyager, westerns, Whitbread Round the World Race, wildlife, William Holden, World War II, yacht racing, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

Posted on July 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MAY 2020 and the “shelter-in-place” lockdown drones on… Seeing boatloads of great films, but too much sitting down! Starting to feel like the film reviewer’s equivalent of John Lennon’s complaint “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”- only that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Brighter Summer Day, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Molina, Anne Bancroft, art, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Hiller, bank robberies, banned films, Ben Gazzara, capers, censorship, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, comedies, coming of age, Constance Towers, controversy, crime, criticism, Dan Duryea, Dean Stockwell, death, Denholm Elliott, Dick Shawn, divorce, drama, drug dealing, Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Young, Emil Jannings, England, environmental illness, erotica, ethics, experimental film, families, family, family films, fantasy, Fay Wray, feudal Japan, feudalism, film noir, films, folklore, French cinema, Fritz Lang, futurism, gangs, Gary Oldman, Geoffrey Chaucer, German cinema, grief, H. G. Welles, HAL, HarBel Productions, Harry Belafonte, heists, Holy Rollers, horror, humanity, I Am Curious (Yellow), ideas, Imitation of Life, injustice, Irène Jacob, irony, Italian cinema, Japanese cinema, jealousy, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jesse Eisenberg, Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Ford, John Wayne, Jonathan Winters, Joseph Losey, Julianne Moore, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, justice, Justin Bartha, Keir Dullea, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Lena Nyman, Louise Beavers, love, masterpieces, Meantime, metaphor, Mike Leigh, miracles, morality, murder, Natalie Wood, Ned Sparks, obsession, Odds Against Tomorrow, opinion, Orthodox Jews, Pat O'Brien, peace, Penelope, people, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Falk, Phil Daniels, Pier Pasolini, pimps, power, racism, revenge, reviews, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Roland Young, romance, Ronin, Safe, Saint Jack, samurai, Sanjuro, Sansho the Bailiff, Scarlet Street, science fiction, sex, sexuality, silent films, Singapore, slavery, smuggling, socialism, Stanley Kubrick, suicide, suspense, Swedish cinema, Sydney Pollack, Taiwan, Telly Savalas, Thatcherism, The Boy With Green Hair, The Canterbury Tales, The Circus, the Civil War, The Horse Soldiers, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Most Dangerous Game, The Slender Thread, Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: Red, Three Colours: White, Tim Roth, Todd Haynes, Toshiro Mifune, tragedy, trilogies, Turner Classic Movies, Variety, Vilgot Sjöman, violence, William Holden, women, World War II, youth, Zbigniew Zamachowski | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Kenji Mizoguchi

FLIX PIX (932): “THE 47 RONIN (of the Genroku Era)”

FLIX PIX (846): “SANSHO THE BAILIFF is Classic Japanese Cinema”

KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

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