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Lessons from Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman: Applying Social Satire to Video Concepts

Lessons from Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman: Apply...

Released in 1987, A Taxing Woman is an ambitious film in which director Juzo Itami vividly portrays Japan's bureaucratic system and corporate society through a confrontation between a tax investigator...

Lessons from Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman: Apply...

Released in 1987, A Taxing Woman is an ambitious film in which director Juzo Itami vividly portrays Japan's bureaucratic system and corporate society through a confrontation between a tax investigator...

Learning from Juzo Itami’s Tampopo: Applying Food and Life to Corporate Videos

Learning from Juzo Itami’s Tampopo: Applying Fo...

Released in 1985, Tampopo is one of Juzo Itami’s major works and received high praise worldwide. Centered on a quest for perfect ramen, performed by stars including Tsutomu Yamazaki and...

Learning from Juzo Itami’s Tampopo: Applying Fo...

Released in 1985, Tampopo is one of Juzo Itami’s major works and received high praise worldwide. Centered on a quest for perfect ramen, performed by stars including Tsutomu Yamazaki and...

Juzo Itami’s Life in Film: Applying Observation and Humor to Corporate Videos

Juzo Itami’s Life in Film: Applying Observation...

Born in Osaka in 1933, Juzo Itami, whose real name was Isao Itami, grew up in a privileged cultural environment as the son of the prominent literary critic Mansaku Itami....

Juzo Itami’s Life in Film: Applying Observation...

Born in Osaka in 1933, Juzo Itami, whose real name was Isao Itami, grew up in a privileged cultural environment as the son of the prominent literary critic Mansaku Itami....

Keisuke Kinoshita's Film Direction and Commitment to Production

Keisuke Kinoshita's Film Direction and Commitme...

As one of the defining directors of postwar Japanese cinema, Keisuke Kinoshita brought numerous classic films to the screen. His directing style, cultivated at Shochiku's Ofuna studios, is highly regarded...

Keisuke Kinoshita's Film Direction and Commitme...

As one of the defining directors of postwar Japanese cinema, Keisuke Kinoshita brought numerous classic films to the screen. His directing style, cultivated at Shochiku's Ofuna studios, is highly regarded...

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of Narayama

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of N...

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) is a classic Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Based on Shichiro Fukazawa's novel and set in the Japanese countryside after the war, it depicts...

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of N...

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) is a classic Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Based on Shichiro Fukazawa's novel and set in the Japanese countryside after the war, it depicts...

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...