Shimizu Hiroshi Collection - Part 1 Yamaai No Fukei (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
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Kevin Kennedy
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June 21, 2008
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Since Shimizu Hiroshi's movies have been unavailable on DVD until the issuance of this set, these movies come as quite a revelation. Shimizu truly has a unique directorial voice, a subtle storytelling technique by which he asks his viewers to seek the deeper significance between the lines. I have reviewed "Mr. Thank You" (8 out of 10 stars), "Anmo to Onna" (9 stars), and "Kanzashi" (9 stars) on the individual webpages for those films on the YesAsia site. Please check out those individual reviews. All three of these films are excellent and I am eager to see them again. Here I'll say a few words about the fourth movie in this boxed set, "Japanese Girls at the Port" (7 out of 10 stars), a silent film presented without musical accompaniment. While the film clearly was shot on a shoestring budget, it employs some interesting cinematic techniques, including having characters fade out while the background remains unchanged and, instead of zooming in or out on a subject, using a choppy series of shots showing the subject increasing or decreasing in size within the frame. The story of "Japanese Girls at the Port" is pure melodrama and is told in a much more literal fashion than the other films in this set. Two school friends part company over a thuggish boyfriend. Jealousy drives one of the girls to commit a terrible crime, then to descend into a sordid life of prostitution. The other friend stays on the straight and narrow, persuades the thug to leave the gangster life behind, and marries him. Fate brings the two old girlfriends together. Will the good girl's marriage be destroyed? Can she persuade the bad girl to live a decent life? The story is told quite frankly and engagingly. I recommend this Shimizu set very highly, particularly for fans of early Japanese cinema. If you enjoy the films of Mizoguchi Kenji and Ozu Yasujiro, then these films by Shimizu are a "must see". |
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