Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
By March 16, 2009
JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR: MAN OF THE PEOPLE It’s a fitting irony that director Hiroshi Shimizu preferred to make films about outsiders, since within the expanse of Read more »
SYNOPSIS: A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.
| Michiko Misawa | Mieko Takamine |
| Tokuichi | Shin Tokudaiji |
| Fukuichi | Shinichi Himori |
| Kenichi | Bakudan Kozo |
| Shintaro Omura | Shin Saburi |
| Director | Hiroshi Shimizu |
| Screenplay | Hiroshi Shimizu |
| Cinematography | Masao Saito |
| Production design | Minoru Esaka |
| Music | Senji Ito |
By March 16, 2009
JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR: MAN OF THE PEOPLE It’s a fitting irony that director Hiroshi Shimizu preferred to make films about outsiders, since within the expanse of Read more »
March 16, 2009
Dave Kehr heralds the rediscovery of “the oceanic depth and diversity of Japanese cinema” in recent years, “thanks in no small part to home video,” in a lovely New York Times piece on the latest Read more »