A lowly divorcee is tricked into becoming the mistress of a despised moneylender but soon falls in love with a student. Wild … Nevertheless Otama feels obligated to stay knowing there is no other way for her to support herself or her father. Plus it's miles better than Golden Demon ever hoped to be. All the films Criterion distributes, including out of print titles, stuff in Eclipse sets, and their stuff on Hulu Plus.…, David Blakeslee 4,035 films 681 55 Edit, Updated on 12/28/2020 (includes January additions to the Criterion Channel, but not yet arranged in chrono order) - A list,…, Michael Hutchins 1,616 films 147 6 Edit, These are films in the Criterion Collection and Janus Films library which are streaming on the Criterion Channel (US) and…. Through her maid she quickly comes to learn that her master is a moneylender and that the women of the neighbourhood have little respect for her. Listed in reverse chronological order. We have recognizable themes of societal imprisonment the kind that we see in Naruse or Mizoguchi but with a different and more pronounced stylistic flourish. ワイルド・ギース The Wild Geese 監督 アンドリュー・V・マクラグレン 脚本 レジナルド・ローズ 製作 ユアン・ロイド ワイルド・ギース』(The Wild Geese)は、1978年制作・公開のイギリス映画。原作はダニエル・カーニー。 Viewed as part of the Old Hollywood Movie Club bi-monthly discussion panel. He says he will be staying in another town overnight. If films like Wild Geese and, to some extent, Golden Demon tell us anything it's that women remained indentured to their families wishes and to the men they married them off to. Wild Geese II, a 1985 sequel to the above. And this is old Japan we're talking about, so you know how it is. (IMDb). My first film as part of the Old Hollywood Movie Club, and this one was a winner for me. The Wild Geese is a 1978 British-Swiss war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Kruger. Constantly updating. ‘雁’ There's a scene where we see Hideko Takamine sitting fearful against a wall. The movie plays as a fantasy to the miserable world of 'Otama' who longs for money, love, freedom? Feeling pressure to support her father who is frail, aging, and works to support them both by selling candy, Otama agrees to have dinner with a widowed kimono merchant who has offered to keep Otama as his mistress. It's a Japanese drama about a mistress, but the cinematography reminds me of something straight out of pulp noir or French poetic realism – what with its fog filled nights and heavy shadows. Alice Milligan (1866-1953) was born into a middle-class Methodist family, one of 11 children. Fortunately Takamine gave one of her best performance of all time, she balanced the compromising deceptiveness for the sake of survival and the desire of a pure and innocent love across one scene. Suezō discovers the book and becomes suspicious. At thirteen years, German-born and raised Hardy Kruger became a member of the "Hitler Jugend" (Hitler Youth), as did all 13-year-old boys in Germany then. Throughout the movie we can find almost every character's role achieve their goal... but we never get to see what Otama's wish is... She is an uneducated woman who lives but for the sake of living and to the role that society has imposed on her... She sacrifices for her father who after a period of comfort…. I want to stress that opening the movie on a closeup of Hideko Takamine seemed a very unusual gambit, compared to the other Japanese films of its era that I've seen, but let's be honest: opening your film on a closeup of Hideko Takamine is, by pretty much every measure I can think of, a self-evidently great choice. The Wild Geese, a 1978 British mercenary war film based on Carney's novel. There's a birds-eye view of these umbrellas as the women glide…, Another feminist howl from Japan, and I, for one, fail to understand how this message has been relayed for so long and with such frequency, and yet, women don’t completely run shit by now. At a restaurant before she meets Suezō, Otama sees a handsome young student, Mr. Okada, who also notices her. Not only is she the embodiment of Japanese femininity (more than Setsuko Hara anyway), she is also the most skilled actress (again, more than Setsuko Hara). Movie & TV guides Best Horror Movies Top 200 of all time "Rotten Tomatoes Is … The same … This one should be more seen! On the strength of this and his Shozo, a Cat, and Two Women—while they are certainly worthy of investigation, I can't say with the same confidence that Toyoda is as masterful a filmmaker as those directors we are already familiar with in the West. Here, everything feels a bit closed-off, world as function of story instead of story function…. Because of this Otama is considered a disgrace and finding a good match near impossible. 1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 2 February 1959 (USA) A lowly divorcee is tricked into becoming the mistress of a despised moneylender but soon falls in love with a student. Hideko Takamine stars as Otama, a beautiful young woman who becomes the mistress of a married man in order to support her aging father. In a time when the wild geese still fly over Tokyo, as her father's wishes, her economic concerns, and optimism…, First off, man, Hideko Takamine has my heart now. Mobile site. Report this film, Review by Lencho of the Apes ★★★★ 2. The screenplay concerns a group of mercenaries in Africa. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (5.2M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. As for the performances, well, Takamine is one of the greatest actresses Japan ever produced, and her…. The Most Comprehensive List of Japanese Movies Ever...Maybe, Every Film Available on The Criterion Channel, See You at Mao's: the theory and praxis of class struggle, class consciousness, anti-imperialism, national liberation, people's war, radical feminism, and cultural revolution, The Criterion Channel: The Permanent Streaming Library, Depressed Bergman’s Top 30 films (First time watches) in 2020, Kinema Junpo's Best Ten Japanese Films (1926-2019), Kinema Junpo Magazine’s Top Japanese Films (1926-2014). . Japan was so fucking patriarchal, that at some point the society was bound to snap. I love the look of this picture. Another fine film on oppression of women in Japanese society. She's lit only by a shaft of moonlight that is reflecting the rain against her and that wall. Zashiki Hakkei (5,783 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article Poem accompanying The Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbank Japanese text Romanized Japanese English translation 琴の音に ひきとどめけん 初かりの あまつそらより つれておちくる Koto no Review by Jamie Cansdale-Cook ★★★★½. © Letterboxd Limited. Directed by Shiro Toyoda • 1953 • Japan Hideko Takamine stars as Otama, a young woman who is forced to become a mistress to a married, middle-aged man in order to support her father, in this meiji period drama directed by Shiro Toyoda. Also the cinematography by Mitsuo Miura was outstanding. Written by Micola Magdalena The Wild Geese is a novel written by the Japanese writer Mori Ogai, published between 1911 and 1913 in Japan and in the year 1959 in America. A lice Milligan (1866-1953) was born into a middle-class Methodist family, one of 11 children. Shiro Toyoda was well known in Japan for his literary interpretations - his version of Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country, for example, is one of my favourite '50's films - and his touch is very steady here; his compositional and editing skills are out of this world, and he always seems to instinctively know how long to hold a shot for max effect. More representative in my experience of samurai films but that is most likely…, Review by trolleyfreak ★★★★½ 6. ワイルド・ギース The Wild Geese (1978) ホテル Hotel (1983、1987) テレビドラマ、ゲスト出演 ジェシカおばさんの事件簿 Murder, She Wrote (1985) テレビドラマ、ゲスト出演 脚注 Otama prepares a meal for Mr. Okada, intending to invite him in from his daily walk, but finds he is accompanied by a friend and she does not speak. The Wild Geese (Japanese: 雁, Hepburn: Gan) is a Japanese film directed by Shirō Toyoda and first released in 1953 in Japan and 1959 in the U.S.[1] The film is based on Mori Ōgai's novel of the same name. The purpose of the organization was to prepare the boys for military service. Hardy Krüger, Actor: Hatari!. A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age. Suezō returns unexpectedly, discovers the meal and tells her Mr. Otaka is going away to Europe. Film data from TMDb. Hideko Takamine Hiroshi Akutagawa JÅ«kichi Uno Eijirō Tōno Chōko Iida Eizo Tanaka Kumeko Urabe Miki Odagiri Kuniko Miyake Tadashi Date, 104 mins   Beneath the Samurai-glory and harakiri-esque landscape of Japanese culture lay patriarchy with gender roles set in stone. Review by DepresedBergman ★★★★½. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Suezō also inadvertently reveals that he still has a wife, and the two women later meet and recognize each other in the street based on items of clothing Suezō has given each of them. Considering that Donald Richie has called Shiro Toyoda one of Japan's finest directors, his pre-eminent status as a writer on Japanese cinema has made me greatly anticipate digging into Toyoda's films. She eventually falls in love with another man and attempts to fulfill her dreams. The film is based on Mori Ōgai's novel of the same name. Takamine, a delight to watch, beautifully conveys her torment more so in body language than in her own words. ), Poetic at its most tragic moment and mesmerizing at it’s melodramatic core, the black-and-white cinematography projects shadow alike the fatalistic feeling of doom and devastation befallen upon the unfortunate heroine Otama (Hideko Takamine). Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Her father was Seaton Milligan, a writer, poet, antiquary, member of the The anime culture…. Otama tries to be a good mistress, but she has little feeling for Suezō. One day a snake attacks Otama's pet bird. If you know of something I should add, or I added something erroneously here, please let me know…, Everything on the brand new Criterion Channel Streaming service. I also like the sets and props and how they are used compositionally. I can handle the truth. Just keeping track of all the Japanese films I've watched. Both films deal with the growing misery of women locked into loveless arrangements but Wild Geese succeeds in dislocating its subject from the world around her, trapping her in a state of ennui - neither married or single - of which there is no escape. Such is the performance of Hideko Takamine who plays that role... She is one of the best actors to play a subtle role.. Review by David Grillo ★★★★½ 3, With the popularity of directors like Kurosawa or Ozu dominating in the West rarely do we get to see the reversal of that spectatorship and in particular films that deal with Japanese responses to the Western World, growing troubles of consumerism, western style capitalism and the choices the country must make in order to reform. Mori Ogai's classical novel, The Wild Geese or The Wild Goose (1911–13, 雁 Gan) was first published in serial form in Japan, and tells the story of unfulfilled love set against a background of social change.The story is set in 1880 Tokyo.. There's an unevenness to his style that at its best energizing during through dynamic camerawork, but can at other times fall flat into ordinary melodrama. It was the result of a long-held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film similar to The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare. She returns the book to the friend, who confirms the news. In Wild Geese as well as in When A Woman Ascends The Stairs, she portrays women whose class/economic condition puts them into situations which cause them to be regarded as women of "loose" character. The list includes movies that I have seen during 2020 in no particular order. The Wild Geese (1953 film), a Japanese film based on the novel by Mori Ogai. 1953 ピーター・オトゥール, デヴィッド・ヘミングス, ドナルド・プレザンス, バリー・モース, ジョン・グラニッ, ジョージ・トリアトス監, マーティン・バーグ 邦画・洋画のDVD・Blu-rayはアマゾンで予約・購入。お急ぎ便ご利用で発売日前日に商品を受け取り可能。 Descriere Film The Wild Geese - The Wild Geese - The Wild Geese - 1978 online in romana O multinationala britanica unelteste sa dea jos un dictator vicios din Africa Centrala. The tone's almost Borzageian toward the end in its otherworldly romanticism, I won't ever say that's a bad thing. "Screen: 'The Mistress'; Sentimental Japanese Film Bows at Guild", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wild_Geese_(1953_film)&oldid=952785828, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 April 2020, at 02:16. It’s tough being forced into being the mistress of an old mean loan shark. Her maid calls for help which is answered by Mr. Okada who kills the snake and saves the bird. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Turns out it’s pretty tough to watch too! Wild Geese aligns thematically to the 50s classical Japanese cinema by Mizoguchi and Naruse regarding the victimization and exploitation of women in a patriarchal society. 雁 The Wild Geese - Gan (1953) Eng Sub 日本映画 Japanese Movie (1953) 1 hr 44 min 監督:豊田四郎 脚本:成沢昌茂 音楽:團伊玖磨 出演:高峰秀子、芥川比呂志 Director: Shirô Toyoda Writers: Ogai Mori (novel), Masashige Narusawa Stars: Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Jûkichi Uno Another tale of people hustling each other and their desperate dreams of escape. Code Name: Wild Geese, a 1980 Italian mercenary war film. This film in particular deals with an oppressive attitude toward woman shifting into more western modes of property ownership and is much more harsh as a result. Otama becomes resigned to her situation, and the film closes with her watching wild geese flying over water. For example: when the mistress and the wife accidentally meet while walking down the street, each are holding identical umbrellas. 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