Floating Clouds by Naruse

[kiseko minaguchi]

Certainly any culture covers a variety of tastes and tendencies. I am not
likely to argue that Japanaese culture has little to comply with Western
action films. It has traditionally  encouraged young men, especially in
warriors class, to be cultivated in martial arts, tea ceremony, and even
poetry making  as the essential posession and civilization.
Naruse's depiction of love is beautiful and I do understand the quality of
love, too. I am simply curious to find how the Western viewer feel about the
kind of male female relations that is suffocated like remaining  within a
tunnel with no outlet. What would happen if Mori dies in the end, instead?
Some female viewers would not wholeheartedly accept Masahiro Mori's imaging.
Minaguchi
----- Original Message -----
??? : "Peter Larson" <vze2ny99 at verizon.net>
?? : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
???? : 2001?10?30? 17:34
?? : RE: Floating Clouds by Naruse


> I have to interject here because i have heard this argument many times. By
the logic presented in the previous response, we would assume that Japanese
people cannot appreciate action movies? I hardly think this would be the
case. Floating Clouds is one of the finest movies ever made and anyone who
watches it will instantly appreciate it's mastery. Quality works will be
recognized regardless of the culture and language of the viewer or of the
the work itself. A good work will trancend the culture it comes from and
speak to all peoples.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of kiseko
> minaguchi
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:12 AM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Floating Clouds by Naruse
>
>
> Needless to add, I'm afraid, but Naruse's talent exhibited in Floating
> Clouds made Ozu moan and realize he could hardly beat Naruse. I agree with
> you all that it's a beautiful Japanese film and one of the top ten I could
> boast. I am only curious how mostly male get drawn to  such a postwar
ennui
> between man and woman. I mean how could those of viewers who abide by
> realistic and practical premise of the Western culture accept such fertile
> innuendo depicted in the film?
> Minaguchi
> ----- Original Message -----
> ??? : "Peter Grilli" <grilli at us-japan.org>
> ?? : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> CC : <grilli at us-japan.org>
> ???? : 2001?10?24? 0:05
> ?? : RE: Floating Clouds by Naruse
>
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> > It's a wonderful film -- for my money, one of Naruse's very best!
> > With superb performances by Takamine Hideko and Mori Masayuki.
> > It fully deserves to be in regular -- and constant -- international
> > distribution.
> >
> > Peter Grilli
> > Japan Society of Boston
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: grilli at us-japan.org [mailto:grilli at us-japan.org]On Behalf Of
> > Richard Stevens
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:47 AM
> > To: grilli at attglobal.net
> > Subject: Floating Clouds by Naruse
> >
> >
> >  has anybody seen it on this news group.  It intrigues me as I have
never
> > seen it, but have heard great things about it?
> >
> > I hope it will be available on DVD soon!
> >
> > In the last sight and sound Poll in 1992, it got over ten mentions,
which
> > put in the top 100 films of all time in the world's most important film
> poll
> > ...
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
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