Category Colonization

1940s, 1950s, Buddhism, Capitalism, Cinema, Colonization, Drama, Film History, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Maoism, masterpiece, Police, Poverty, Prostitution, Serial killer, Social justice, Tokyo, Tragedy, Violence

A Fugitive from the Past (Kiga Kaikyō;飢餓海峡), 1965

A middle-aged Japanese man with a mustache is looking towards the camera with a distressed expression

Other titles: The Hunger Straits, Straits of Hunger (literal English titles); Starvation Straits (alternative English title) Le détroit de la faim (literal French title); Szökevény a múltból [A Fugitive from the Past] (alternate Hungarian title) Production Company Toho (Tokyo) Scenarist…

RebelJack
April 30, 2023

1950s, Cinema, Colonization, Domestic drama, Japan, Music, Politics

A Hole of My Own Making (Jibun no ana no nakade; 自分の穴の中で), 1955

A black-and-white photo of a Japanese girl in a low-cut gown, looked anxiously off to one side

Alternative titles: In My Hole (alternate English title); Chacun dans sa coquille [Each in his shell] (alternate French title); Önhibámból [Through my own fault] (alternate Hungarian title) Production Company Nikkatsu Scenarist Yagi Yasutarō Source Ishikawa Tatsuzō (novel) Producer Iwai Kaneo…

RebelJack
September 20, 2021
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A Fugitive from the Past (Kiga Kaikyō;飢餓海峡), 1965

A Hole of My Own Making (Jibun no ana no nakade; 自分の穴の中で), 1955

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