Ulrich PlateFeb 6
#vendredilecture avec deux romans historiques qui traitent du même sujet (la persécution des chrétiens au Japon du 17e siècle) à plus de 50 ans de décalage de parution : « 沈黙 » (muet, silencieux) de #遠藤周作 #EndōShūsaku (lauréat du prix Tanizaki en 1966) et « パシヨン » (passion) de #川越宗一 #KawagoeSōichi (prix Chūōkōron 2023). Je lis le premier en allemand, « Schweigen », traduction par #RuthLinhart datant de 1970 mais qu’elle a corrigé et augmenté personnellement pour la réédition en 2025 au Septime Verlag à Vienne. Le deuxième ne peut être lu qu’en japonais, je ne pense pas qu’il existe de traductions d’œuvres de #川越 #Kawagoe, dans quelque langue que ce soit. 1/3
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Silence a ete adapte au cinema par Masahiro Shinoda en 1971.

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#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
Japanese Cinema lost one of its giants on March 25, 2025. Born in 1931 in Gifu (the central part of mainland Japan), Masahiro Shinoda (Japanese film director) experienced the drastic political and social changes and upheavals of WWII and postwar Japan as a teenager. Throughout his films he continued to explore the relationship between individuals and society.
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As a student at Waseda University, Shinoda majored in Japanese classic theater studies, where he was also recognized as a noted long distance runner. Although he wanted to become a scholar, the death of his mother, who was his financial sponsor, compelled him to take a job.
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In 1953 Shinoda entered Shochiku Studio where he made his first film, One Way Ticket to Love, in 1960. Together with Nagisa Oshima and Yoshishige “Kiju” Yoshida he was soon considered one of the most representative directors of the Japanese New Wave Cinema movement. After making masterpieces such as Assassination (1964), With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) and Samurai Spy (1965), Shinoda left Shochiku in 1966.
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In 1967, he married Shochiku’s top star Shima Iwashita, and they formed an independent production company, Hyogen-sha. The Shinoda-Iwashita team produced a number of ambitious and important films including Double Suicide (1969), The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970), Himiko (1974), MacArthur’s Children (1984) and Takeshi (1995).
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All of these were shown internationally, and were also either premiered or screened at Japan Society. Other films that Shinoda introduced at Japan Society include Demon Pond (1979) starring Tamasaburo Bando, Sharaku (1995) and Owl’s Castle (1999). A special discussion and reception held in 1999 brought Shinoda and Iwashita to Japan Society, where they both spoke with humor and elegance about their work to a spellbound audience of New Yorkers.
Show threadAlexa FontanillaMar 7
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Shinoda wrote books on theater, Sergei Eisenstein, film theory and much more. An erudite lecturer, his topics ranged from history, literature, arts, music, philosophy, the sciences, and sports to current affairs, illuminating almost every possible field.
Show threadAlexa FontanillaMar 7
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His introductions were not limited to information on his production history and actors but contextualized his themes from the most unexpected aspects, demonstrating that films can reflect highly complicated ideological and cultural dynamics crossing time and space.
RIP, Masahiro...
Show threadMichel TekoMar 7

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And something more personnal ? Which are your favorite Shinoda movies ?