1960s World Cinema
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PITFALL / OTOSHIANA (Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1962, Japan)
Only the 1960s could have produced a film as radical, avant-garde and iconoclastic as Pitfall. Hiroshi Teshigahara made Pitfall against a backdrop of political upheaval in Japan during the 1960s. Many of the directors who formed part of the Japanese new wave were politically active during this time, showing their collective opposition against the signing Continue reading
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PALE FLOWER / KAWAITA HANA (Dir. Masahiro Shinoda, 1964, Japan)
Masahiro Shinoda directed Pale Flower in 1964 for the prestigious Shochiku film studio. Shinoda’s remarkable film was part of the 1960s Japanese New Wave cinema and the film’s iconoclastic temperament led to it being banned. In 2003 Home Vision Entertainment released Pale Flower on DVD whilst this year Criterion issued their version on both DVD Continue reading
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