From ghostly folk tales to intense samurai stories, Japanese cinema has it all.
Asian films are garnering more attention from the Academy. After Parasite scored four groundbreaking wins at the Oscars, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car scored four nominations, including a historic one for Best Picture. Those four nominations tie Akira Kurosawa’s Ran as the most-nominated Japanese film in Oscars history. The nominations are likely a product of the Academy's attempts over the past few years to diversify its ranks and become a more international entity.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Woman in the Dunes A product of the Japanese New Wave style of filmmaking from the late ‘50s into the ‘70s, Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Woman in the Dunes is a disturbing and idiosyncratic descent into psychological and sexual torment. After a wandering entomologist is trapped in a sand dune by a small group of seaside villagers, he is subjected to a torturous way of life where every attempt at escape only seems to dig him deeper into the sandpit.
Shoplifters Director Hirokazu Kore-eda has made a name for himself with his tender, humanist dramas. The films are often low stakes and take a look at everyday life for families in Japan. In Shoplifters, the story follows a tight-knit family living in poverty that resorts to shoplifting in order to survive. When the family finds a little girl seemingly abandoned by her parents, they agree to take her in and train her in their shoplifting methods.
Nominated for Best Costume Design in 1956, the film, with help from its production designer as well, seamlessly transports the viewer to 16th century Japan when the film takes place. As the two peasants sink deeper into their immoral lives, the film’s framing of its environments seems to become more threatening and oppressive, as if it was reflecting the slow corruption of the two leads.
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