Tag: kyôkokagawa

KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling 6-Film Career

The Japanese actress' transition behind the camera is explored in a new Eclipse series boxed set from The Criterion Collection.

Blu-ray Review: Criterion Collection's A STORY FROM CHIKAMATSU

A Story From Chikamatsu is one of Japanese master Kenji Mizoguchi's more well-known films, along with Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, and The Life of Oharu. This 1954 film also goes by The Crucified Lovers here in North America, which refers to an...