I get your point but I find things like Grave of the Fireflies and films about the atomic bombs to be more egregious on this than Human Condition. That said, I prefer part 3 of the trilogy to the first two partly for the reason you mentioned.
I give The Human Condition leeway for being not the cliche but the thing that became so influential it became the cliche.
I also give Kobayashi credit for being an Anti-War Commie back when it was not trendy and potentially life threatening.
And I give Fires on the Plain points for the protagonist not being nearly as cliche as the one in Burmese Harp.
But at their core these films celebrate victimhood and you can see how Japan still sees themselves as the victims of their own fricking war.
Seven Samurai is the obvious choice
Pale Flower
Stakeout
Late Spring
Hard to believe Fires on the Plain and the Burmese Harp are directed by the same guy, the latter is way too sentimental and sanitized for me to get into. Fires on the Plain is an excellent film although I think the novel it is based on is superior.
people kept telling me to watch pistol opera, good thing i ended up not watching it with friends because no one warned me about THAT scene. would have been real awkward around friends
the remake is also good
Was just wondering about that since the tetsuo guy did it
The Last Samurai (2003)
>no anime
homosexual
They voice there displeasure of the rule yet still follow it. Republicans to be sure.
The Human Condition trilogy
Stray Dog
Woman in the Dunes
The Face of Another
Rashomon
High and Low
Manji1964 (Japanese: 卍)
Vengeance is Mine (1979)
The End of Summer
Love Exposure
Yes, it's called "Better Call Seoul"
Anti-war stuff made in the tradition of The Human Condition are the worst of Japanese films.
Absolutely overwrought self flagellation sessions.
I get your point but I find things like Grave of the Fireflies and films about the atomic bombs to be more egregious on this than Human Condition. That said, I prefer part 3 of the trilogy to the first two partly for the reason you mentioned.
I give The Human Condition leeway for being not the cliche but the thing that became so influential it became the cliche.
I also give Kobayashi credit for being an Anti-War Commie back when it was not trendy and potentially life threatening.
And I give Fires on the Plain points for the protagonist not being nearly as cliche as the one in Burmese Harp.
But at their core these films celebrate victimhood and you can see how Japan still sees themselves as the victims of their own fricking war.
Pale Flower is misogyny kino.
Hard to believe Fires on the Plain and the Burmese Harp are directed by the same guy, the latter is way too sentimental and sanitized for me to get into. Fires on the Plain is an excellent film although I think the novel it is based on is superior.
people kept telling me to watch pistol opera, good thing i ended up not watching it with friends because no one warned me about THAT scene. would have been real awkward around friends
Seven Samurai is the obvious choice
Pale Flower
Stakeout
Late Spring
Onibaba, Kuroneko, and Naked Island are great, Shindo is an underrated director.
>No anime
Cringe
Samurai Marathon
Fort Graveyard
Another war movie from the same era, should be seen by more people definitely
A Colt is my Passport
Tokyo Drifter
Kairo
jav