A very interesting film, no regrets for our youth presents a notable. Jan 06, 2017 no regrets for our youth aka waga seishun ni kuinashi, 1946 kurosawa expands his scope and begins to broaden his subject matter with this, his fifth film for toho studios. This is my first foray into film making and was a personal exercise into the difficulties and pitfalls of the medium as well as a personal experiment into the capabilities of hddslrs for this type of story telling. Rolling stones stage invader has no regrets daily mail online. Please only include the information about the soundtrack of the movie itself, not soundtrack cdsscore cuestrailers, etc, for the following reasons.
The film was picked up and screened at the urban world film festival in september 2014, and it has been fastforward for nguvu since. The youth international party, whose members were commonly called yippies, was an american radically youth oriented and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and antiwar movements of the 1960s. A woman breaks conventions by striking out on her own and being selfsufficient. In akira kurosawas first film after the end of world war ii, future beloved ozu regular setsuko hara gives an astonishing performance as yukie, the only female protagonist in kurosawas body of work and one of his strongest heroes. Kurosawas excellence in no regrets for our youth, for me, was in his method of showing the hardships and suffering of our heroine. No regrets for our youth portrays the history of japanese militarism from 1933 through the end of the war in terms of a person executed on suspicion of espionage during the war.
No regrets about youth is a 1992 film by zhou xiaowen the film explores the redevelopment of beijing in the 1990s. Though professor yagihara played by silent film star denjiro okochi is relieved of his teaching responsibilities, his young vivacious daughter, yukie setsuko hara, remains blithely unaware of the fractious state of japanese society of the time. No regrets for our youth is a curious film for akira kurosawa. Category for the 1946 film no regrets for our youth directed by akira kurosawa. The first such film, no regrets for our youth 1946, inspired by both the 1933 takigawa incident and the hotsumi. Le film no regrets for our youth 1946 vostfr film complet.
No regrets for our youth is a 1946 film written and directed by akira kurosawa. Mar 18, 2015 everyone knew how much i had put into the film and had sacrificed and they were like, keep going. But while these circumstances are plot elements in the fictionalized story, the focus is on the evolution of the professors daughter, yukie no regrets for our youth is the only kurosawa film to have a woman protagonist. Hollywoods goto gangster on why he has no regrets not even godfather iii i have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life. I sat down to watch no regrets for our youth last night and, after the first two thirds of the movie, i really started to wonder if this film would even be available if it wasnt for its illustrious director, akira kurosawa. Susumu fujita, haruko sugimura, eiko miyoshi setsuko hara, akira kurosawa. This made it easier for kurosawas son, hisao, as coproducer and soontobe head of kurosawa production, to negotiate a loan in japan that would. What are the most common regrets that people have once they. No regrets for our youth waga seishun ni kuinashi streaming video. Watch no regrets for our youth full movie in hd visit movie 43487 yukie, the wellbred daughter of a university professor, is shoc.
Akira kurosawas fifth feature film, and his first following the end of world war ii, waga seishun ni kuinashi no regrets for our youth is amongst the most fascinating of the directors early works. Many words have been written, and doubtless many more will be, about the filmmaking genius of stanley kubrick. The war lost and japan in ruins, a novice director named akira kurosawa, on loan to shochiku from a newly formed studio that would later call itself toho, cast setsuko in the meaty role of the heroine of his beautiful but uncharacteristic feminist and transparently socialist no regrets for our youth, which addressed the. An epic drama of feminist selfdiscovery set against the unlikely backdrop of militarist japanese society. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Its loosely based on two reallife incidents from the 1930s. Jan 07, 2020 this, ive learned over time, is also the way we develop our intuition. In the case of the film at hand, it was censored in a different way. Cinema and the female star a symposium part 1 senses of. Of the many postwar films criticizing japanese militarism, this was the most successful. Every time he opened his mouth embarrassment followed. Made just one year after wwii ended, kurosawas no regrets for our youth explores the lesserknown part of japan that protested against rising militarism in the 1930s, as well as acknowledges. For almost five years, maltin has worked to write, develop and produce his very first fulllength film, eli regrets. In akira kurosawas first film after the end of world war ii, future beloved ozu regular setsuko hara gives an astonishing performance as yukie, the only female protagonist in kurosawas body of work.
Just a year earlier, most japanese soldiers still worshipped the. In 2014, loudbeetle held an international film festival playing 30 films from 8 countries, in a bid to introduce the valleys youth to world cinema. No regrets for our youth 1946 yukie setsuko hara is a young woman living in 1930s japan, blissfully unaware of the tumultuous political changes occurring around her. Rent no regret 2006 starring namgil kim and younghoon lee on dvd and bluray. I imagine i could change my mind if i ever get a chance to see those heavily governmentcensored projects. Clearly the budget and production value is limited, but you might expect a country. No regrets for our youth dvd vancouver public library. Fujitas character was inspired by the reallife hotsumi ozaki, who assisted the famous soviet spy richard sorge and so became the only japanese citizen to suffer the death penalty for treason during world war two.
May 26, 2020 the entertainment world has been hit hard by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, covid19, canceling major events, tv shows, movies, sports, and more. Akira kurosawa, film director, is dead at 88 the new york times. Setsuko hara, japanese star of films by ozu and kurosawa. But if, as thomas edison said, genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, tony zierras filmworker, which showed in nearly completed form at the international documentary festival of amsterdam idfa after bowing in cannes classics in may, is dedicated to the far less. They who step is the last film kurosawa made during world war two. She is caught between two potential lovers, one a timid liberal and the other a militant. The men who tread on the tigers tail is a 1945 feature film barely, 59 minutes directed by akira kurosawa it is set in 1185 during the genpei war, and is based on a play, which is based on an older play, which was in turn based on a real guy, minamoto no yoshitsune, and a real historical incident.
Xiaoping lin, author of children of marx and cocacola. The film won the best film for fei mu awards in the 2nd pingyao international film festival. Yugihara, a leftwing professor at kyoto university in 1933. Al pacino on why he has no regrets the independent us. No regrets for our youth 1946 after world war ii, the allied occupation set a few rules in place for the japanese film industry. The film as a whole is interesting for being made so soon after world war ii. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. For a japanese film completed in 1946, i did not expect it to be so political, so antiimperialistic. A short film about former world tour surfer ricky basnetts return to surfing after 8 years of alcohol abuse directed by. The film moves in time from 1933 to 1946 following three students of kyoto university as they navigate through their own torturous entry into life. The sea view before a multimilliondollar luxury apartment is just a gap between buildings. No fewer than six people under 18 years old have sailed around the globe alone hoping to become the youngest person to do so.
No regrets is a short film made by respected british stills photographer karl taylor. In the film a bulldozer operator destroys a siheyuan courtyard house that is the residence of his girlfriend. A sevenyear journey in facing a fear of singing in public through extreme exposure check out one life no regrets film completion on indiegogo. Club spoke with guillermo del toro, the mexican filmmaker had completed his oscarnominated 2006 fantasy film pans labyrinth, which many critics cited as not just one of the best movies of that year, but of the decade. March 23, 1910 september 6, 1998 was a japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. No regrets for our youth is a 1946 japanese film directed by akira kurosawa setsuko hara stars as yukie, daughter of mr. No regrets for our youth 1946 directed by akira kurosawa. It was screened out of competition at the 1993 cannes film festival.
A beautiful villain ensnaring some unsuspecting sap was a common trope in film and tv, but eren wished hed kept his silly thoughts to himself. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director, as well as his littleknown. No regrets for our youth by kira akerman kickstarter. Akira kurosawa s first postwar film is a powerful denunciation of fascism and a hopeful celebration of democracy set amidst the political violence of the late 1930s. First, i will admit that i have many regrets in my life, mostly relating to my career or lack thereof. List of creative works by akira kurosawa wikipedia. Im not gonna say those with average grades cant succeed in life, they can, but a good education just makes things so easier and open too many doors.
An idealistic young woman moves in with one of her fathers students, a rebel who is. No regrets for our youth setsuko hara takashi shimura akira kurosawa 1946 akira kurosawa directed this tale of a university professors daughter who embarks on a journey of selfdiscovery. The opening of akira kurosawas no regrets for our youth 1946 is set in 1933two years after the manchurian incident, the event which hastened the invasion of northern china by the imperial japanese armyand depicts a love triangle between the daughter of a welloff bourgeois family and a pair of university student suitors. It gives every appearance of a winsome love story, full of smiles and charming tragedies.
Waga seishun ni kui nashi no regrets in my youth akira kurosawa. One day many years ago, i met an old man who all but personified regret. No regrets for our youth in akira kurosawas first film after the end of world war ii, future beloved ozu regular setsuko hara gives an astonishing performance as yukie, the only female protagonist in kurosawas body of work and one of his strongest heroes. In his ensuing films, no regrets for our youth 1946, one wonderful sunday 1947 and drunken angel 1948, his work gradually becomes more socially oriented, focussing on the dilemmas and disappointments of postwar japan. The film stars setsuko hara, susumu fujita, takashi shimura and denjiro okochi.
Setsuko hara no regrets for our youth tribute duration. No regrets for our youth streaming video ottawa public. Since then, del toro has helmed a sequel to his cultfavorite adaptation of mike mignolas hellboy and seen his name attached to a number of projects. Its explicitly based on a real event and inherently political due to its subject matter. No regrets for my youth no regrets for our youth akira kurosawa. A story of feminist selfdiscovery set in prewar japan. The 5 biggest regrets of the dead and dying considerable. Nov 10, 2011 more of an artistic touch present in this film than in kurosawa earlier films. Madadayo, madadayo, not yet is a 1993 japanese comedydrama film. She has gone on to star in hbos entourage, published neu sex a book of photographs, and she djs internationally. No regrets for our youth 1946 full movie allen ridder. No movies that celebrated feudalism or japans recent military adventurism, or that contained elements that were critical of the occupation were the basic rules. I felt exhausted just watching those scenes and that underscored all the more the relationship between who she was and who she was becoming.
Nefertite nguvu on her film in the morning, almostlove and. In akira kurosawas first film after the end of world war ii, future beloved ozu regular setsuko hara gives an astonishing performance as yukie, the only female. The first act has masses of students united in a common cause, shot like an eisenstein film and reminiscent of soviet propaganda. Jan 15, 20 he chose this course because he had been impressed by kurosawas 1946 film no regrets for our youth, allegedly based on the experiences of the maverick kyoto law professor yukitoki takikawa. No regrets for our youth was kurosawas fifth film, and his first after the end of. All donations are taxdeductible through the center for gulf south history and culture. Chinese avantgarde art and independent cinema, wrote that the scene compares the destruction of the house to a. The second golden age japan film, movie, director, cinema.
Two years and two editors later after filming, in the morning was completed. It was screened as the opening film of the discovery unit in the 43rd toronto international film festival. Masao shimizu during a sunday trip into warravaged tokyo, despairing yuzo and optimistic masako look for work and. Kurosawa on his innovative cinema the new york times. Once we start trusting ourselves, our environment begins to support our personal decisions. Jason hearn cinematography and no regrets film on vimeo join. Currently, hes working on getting his name out as a new, passionate and dedicated filmmaker in an industry he says is a necessary part of life. Film studies, inc lessons from the past about the current institutionalization of film. No regrets for our youth 1946 those who make tomorrow 1946 a codirection with his mentor kajiro yamamoto, kurosawa was essentially forced to codirect the film and was so disgusted with it that he left it out of his filmography, which most western film scholars and wikipedia also do.
Loudbeetle is unlocking the potential of kashmirs youth. The crossing is bai xues first long feature film completed in 2018. Apr 25, 2014 as a growing number of us states legalize marriage for same sex couples with the support of the majority of us citizens, its important to remember the trailblazers that helped change both the law and public opinion. No compromise, no regrets is the latest documentary from danny garcia. In 2010, dutch teen laura dekker spent 17 months aboard her vessel guppy setting out at age 14 and finishing her 50,000kilometer 27,000 nautical mi journey at 16.
The men who tread on the tigers tail film tv tropes. Aiming to preserve exactly this chapter is the new film the state of marriage from coproducers jeff kaufman also the film s director and marcia ross. Transforming herself from genteel bourgeois daughter to independent social activist, yukie. Based upon the 1933 kyoto university incident in which professor takikawa yukitoki was removed from his position due to his supposedly red beliefs, the film is also one of the few. No regrets for our youth, waga seishun ni kuinashi is a 1946 film written and directed by akira kurosawa. The film was selected as the japanese entry for the best foreign language film at the 66th academy awards, but was not.
The directorial debut of sunny chan, men on the dragon is a time machine that takes the audience to another time and space to look at hong kong from a different perspective. The killer slowly approached, his feet seemed to glide when he walked. Yukie begins as a romantic, privileged girl, and over the course of a dozen years, shes changed by life, war, love, and. Indeed she has no regrets, and this is the title of the film, but its clear that. They who step on the tigers tail senses of cinema film. Takashi shimura is superb as a bureaucrat diagnosed with cancer in akira kurosawas lyrical and moving film about how we find meaning in our lives. Kurosawas film was the first open revisionist look at japan in the previous decade. If i studied more and got into a better university, i could study ab.
Sasha grey first made her name as one of the most notorious adult film stars in recent history. No regrets for our youth is unlike any of the past films ive watched from kurosawa. No regrets for our youth 1946 no regrets for our youth. Yugihara is fired from his job due to his leftist views, which touches off a general strike by university students all across japan. How did world war ii affect film director akira kurosawas. In his first piece for louder than war, brett dunford weighs in with an early. No regrets for our youth is a drastically different film that i had assumed from the box cover and title. It is likely that shichinin no samurai seven samurai, 1954 is the single most remade and reworked film in all of world cinema, from hollywood to bollywood. It takes no stretch of the imagination to believe this profound regret that ware puts forward in her book. In 1933, in kyoto, academic freedom is under attack and the spoiled daughter of professor yagihara, yukie. No regrets for our youth may be the weakest of the kurosawa library, though i have not seen his prewar or wartime films. Updates to this list can only be made from title pages, not name pages.
No regrets for our youth 1946 the criterion collection. The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. Our film club kicks off 2011 with kurosawas first postwar film, no regrets for our youth, waga seishun ni kuinashi, released. Finally free of wartime restrictions and censorship, he directed his first postwar picture, no regrets for our youth 1946, a powerful character study that traces the life of a woman in the years before and during the war. The information should be exactly as its shown in the movie. Jimmy zero, slim jim phantom and dave parsons running time. It is, instead, a political powerhouse that speaks of sacrifice, betrayal of ideals and iron will in the face of adversity. No regrets for our youth was kurosawas fifth film, and his first after the end of world war ii. Sep 07, 1998 akira kurosawa, film director, is dead at 88. The end of the war was a bit of a godsend for kurosawa, who during the war produced films that were subjected to the utmost scrutiny by the nationalistic japanese censors. Independent filmmaker has no regrets making first feature. Other articles where no regrets for our youth is discussed. For a japanese film completed in 1946, i did not expect it to be so. Jul 17, 2015 culture film features al pacino interview.