Kon Ichikawa 1915-2008

[Peter Larson]

I took Donald Richie's course on Japanese cinema back
in 1993 at the Univ. of Michigan and had the
opportunity to see "Enjo" (the apataion of Mishima's
book) in widescreen. It is still one of my favorite
Japanese films and, in my opinion, Ichikawa's best.
Unfortunately, I've never seen it on DVD anywhere. I'm
sad to see that he won't be making any more films.

Pete


--- Michael Kerpan <mekerpan at verizon.net> wrote:

> Ichikawa seems to havve been best known in the West
> for his war films -- Burmese Harp and Fires on the
> Plain and his documentary about the 1964 Tokyo
> Olympics, Tokyo Olympiad. My favorite Ichikawa
> films,
> however, are his (and Wada's) black comedies from
> the
> 1950s (and Burmese Harp).
> 
> Some notes on various Ichikawa films (and more
> importantly, screenshots to remmber him by):
> 
> Goodbye, Hello (1959):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/12/watched-november-12-18-2007-ichikawa.html
> 
> Makioka Sisters (1983):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/07/sasameyuki-or-makioka-sisters-two-tales.html
> 
> The Hole (1957):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/07/watched-july-2-8-2007-imai-j-and-k.html
> 
> The Crowded Street Car / The Full-Up Train (Kon
> Ichikawa, 1957):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/07/watched-june-25-july-1-2007-imai.html
> 
> Ten Dark Women (1961):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/04/watched-april-16-22-2007.html
> 
> Burmese Harp (1956):
>
http://rozmon.blogspot.com/2007/04/watched-april-2-8-2007.html
> 



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