It’s a yakuza movie, a Japanese mafia movie with lots of violence and some blood, with a great main character, Joji Mizuno, a former policeman who wants to avenge the death of his colleague and friend. It’s one of Suzuki’s finest releases and a personal favorite, in terms of mafia movies. “Youth of the Beast” is one of those movies with fast-paced action and a plot very well designed, maintaining the suspense right until the end. That same tutor has a very important role, not only on Shigeyuki, but also on the rest of the family, being symbolic of the breakdown coming to them.ģ9. The objective to hire a tutor is to help Shigeyuki to raise his grades at school in order to enter the desired high school. Story-wise, the movie focuses its action on the academic success of the younger of the two sons of a couple.
The connection as a family seems to break with the running of the plot, breaking down completely toward the end. “The Family Game” is a good example of that, transporting the viewer to a dysfunctional middle-class family trying to be as normal as they can, but never seeming to get ahold of that objective. The Family Game (Yoshimitsu Morita, 1983)Īlthough they aren’t present in great numbers here, the Japanese industry has its share of great comedies. NOTE: Only three movies per director were allowed, for that reason some movies of certain directors weren’t mentioned, just take a look at the chosen Kurosawa movies, for example.Ĥ0.
Also, the list was written with the intention of adding some diversity to the list, adding Samurai movies, but also comedy-movies, realistic dramas and crime/mystery movies. I rather prefer to watch real actors with real emotions and real speeches, thus I decided not to include any Animes in this list.ĭue to its diversity and continuous growth, several great movies had to be left out, and to compensate some of them I included some “Checks” at the end of some of the reviews to refer you to other great movies that could be included in this list. I’m not a fan of Animes, although they are a big part of Japanese industry nowadays. I call your attention that there are NO ANIMES, I have to admit my ignorance towards that type of industry. This list tries to show the essential films of the Japanese industry, both classics and modern. They didn’t show contentment and conformation to the classic they maintain a very respectful in-view to the classic directors, actors, genres and movies, but they also added to that list a series of new directors and actors that become more and more famous, nationally and internationally. The Japanese cinema industry is one of the few industries that still has a huge impact on the world cinema, keeping its own brand and characteristics while adding several other genres and features that enrich their cinema even more.
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