More crowds

[Bernardi-Buralli]

Hi, I'm coming late to this, and haven't seen the film in some time, but
isn't EIJANIKAI (Imamura Shohei) a good one for crowds, if you're not
looking for strictly pre-war films?

best,
Joanne B.
 

> From: SYBIL.THORNTON at asu.edu
> Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:22:23 -0700 (MST)
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: More crowds
> 
> Hi,
> If Ito Daisuke is a good source, then so is Makino Masahiro.  Although some of
> his films are still available, he made very many remakes in the 50's and
> 60's.  Check out, if you can find it, the Shimizu Jirocho sangoku shi series
> from 1953-54 for different kinds of crowd scenes, not just fight scenes.
> Other suggestions:  Mizoguchi's Ugetsu monogatari for the 16th c. market
> scene, Saikaku ichidai onna for several large scale "crowd" scenes.
> In general, you are going to have a lot more luck with period films than with
> contemporary films.
> Cheers,
> SAT