Midnight Eye

Story of a Prostitute - Seijun Suzuki 1965

Irezumi - Yasuzō Masumura 1966

mood
#filmsky 📽️🔥

Meiko and Masako at a bar. Meiko has a bottle in her hand an looks upset, Masako is looking at her.

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) and Masako Izumi (和泉雅子) in Morning Fog (朝霧), 1971, directed by Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Spring is coming
#cat #cats #catsky #meimei

Kimiko Yo 余 貴美子

The great Ken Ogata 緒形 拳
#filmsky

Gonin 2 1996
Directed by Takashi Ishii

Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the #yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women’s hideout #filmsky #japan #movies #cinema #rw #ゴニン #石井隆 📽️

Copies of The Manga Bible by Helen McCarthy, in English, French and German. The cover is a punchy combination of black graphics by Baron Yoshimoto on a hot pink ground, with bright yellow and white lettering.

Eagerly awaiting reviews of #TheMangaBible Copies went out for review last week, ahead of the 5 March UK release date. If you see any, please share them with me!

Hideo Murota 室田 日出男
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本木 雅弘

Masahiro Motoki 本木 雅弘

Take care and get well soon 🍀

Gonin 1995
Directed by Takashi Ishii

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local #yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers. Five men… two killers… one massacre… #filmsky #japan #movies #cinema #rw #ゴニン #石井隆 📽️

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Kim Min-hee in "The Handmaiden" - BOTD

Meiko modeling a kimono with black and white lines like ocean waves on it

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) scanned from Fujingaho (婦人画報),  April 1982. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Happy Caturday
#cats #caturday #meimei

The Making of “Tampopo” 1986 伊丹十三の「タンポポ」撮影日記 Directed by Toshiro Uratani

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami’s film “Tampopo” #nw #filmsky #japan #cinema #rw #伊丹十三 #タンポポ📽️

Tampopo 1985 タンポポ
Directed by Jūzō Itami
#nw #filmsky #japan #cinema #rw #伊丹十三 #タンポポ📽️ 🍜

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Ramen Heads 2017 ラーメンヘッズ
Directed by Koki Shigeno

Osamu Tomita, #Japan reigning king of #ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles, and his relentless search for the best ingredients. #food #filmsky #nw📽️

Chikage Awashima in Yasujiro Ozu's EARLY SPRING (1956)

She was BOTD in 1924

Haven't seen this one yet, but I will 😊😉

Aya Kokumai as Miyuki..

Cinematography Katsumi Yanagishima

The soundtrack to Sonatine was composed by Joe Hisaishi. It won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music in 1994..

The film's poster is of a Napoleon fish..💮🎴⭐️

S̶O̶N̶A̶T̶I̶N̶E̶ (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑)
d̶i̶r̶.̶ 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒊 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐
#C̶I̶N̶E̶M̶A̶ 🎟✴️
🎞📽 #🅵🅸🅻🅼🆂🅺🆈

Yui Natsukawa with the storyboard book of Kiki's Delivery Service, searching for Kiki's bakery 🥨🍞

Photograph of Hisaishi Joe at a concert

Photograph of Michio Mamiya speaking

Photograph of Yano Akiko playing the piano

Photograph of Takebe Satoshi in a recording studio

This week, #GhibliSpotlight is focusing on music! Studio Ghibli's soundtracks have been made by over ten different composers, but today, let's have a little look at some of the ones who have worked with Ghibli multiple times. 🧵 [1/12]

Ghibli Landscapes - A European Journey to Encounter Miyazaki Works 2006 ジブリの風景～宮崎作品と出会うヨーロッパの旅～

Actors Yui Natsukawa and Tetta Sugimoto travel Europe in search for the locations of Miyazaki #movies Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso & Howl's Moving Castle #filmsky #animesky #anime #Ghibli #宮崎駿 📽️

Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata
#filmsky #animesky #anime #director #ghibli #宮崎駿 #高畑勲