Shohei Imamura's Japan June 19, 2007
2625 Durant Ext
Berkeley, California 94720
Berkeley, California 94720
The Japanese master Shohei Imamura is famous for the controversial subject matter and raw energy of his films. Imamura's Japan is a sensual and often cruel universe untouched by the tea ceremony, Zen, or conventional gentility.
Added by rybesh on May 28, 2007
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History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess: Imamura's intention was to make a film about the sort of people who were tied up in the events following the war but who had little influence on them, nor any vested interest in the decisions made by the higher echelons in the name of the Japanese Nation. These members of the lower castes have been seldom given a voice or means of expression, yet to Imamura represent the very essence of the Japanese spirit.