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Raizō Ichikawa 八代目 市川雷蔵 #filmsky #actor #jidaigeki #japanese #cinema #movies #RaizoIchikawa #八代目市川雷蔵 📽️
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 29: a clock face on #TickTockDay

Both #YukioMishima's story and #KenjiMisumi's 1964 adaptation Ken [Sword] (1964) follow arrogant #kendo student Jiro, #RaizōIchikawa who also appears in an earlier Mishima adaptation, Enjô (1958). The clock not only helps us understand the cruel punishment, but also embodies the characters' #ComingOfAge. ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jian-1964

#film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #BookAdaptation #LGBT #sports #MartialArts #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

剣 (1964)

of the kendōka kneeled on the floor in gruelling punishment, facing the clock on the wall, while the other students continue their training. The gorgeous cinematography is by Chikashi Makiura. #Bales2023FilmChallenge December 29: a clock face on #Ti...

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Hayley ScanlonJan 9, 2023

An abandoned son resolves to wander Japan killing the “demons” of Edo-era society in Kenji Misumi’s adaptation of the popular novel by Kiichiro Yamate, Freelance Samurai.
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#JapaneseCinema #JapaneseFilm #Film #FilmReview #KenjiMisumi #RaizoIchikawa #MichiyoKogure

Freelance Samurai (桃太郎侍, Kenji Misumi, 1957)

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