In the first place, Japanese young people do not watch movies anymore. They fast-forward and watch only interesting scenes. For example, in Howard Hawk s' 1964 film "Man's Favorite Sport? ", they watch only the scene where Rock Hudson on his...

One of the good things about being a Cinéphile is that I understood it well by comparing "Creation " to the projection of a 35 mm film. Well, it doesn't have to be 35 mm, it doesn't matter if it's 16 mm, 8 mm or Pathé-Baby. 35 mm film is the reality...

Directed by the great Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer , "Vampyr " is a 1932 film. Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa later shared his memories of seeing this film at a preview screening. The adults called him "Yodogawa's Bon (boy )"....

The Emerald Tablet states the following: What is below is like what is above, and what is above is like what is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing. We are perpetually creating an incongruous, yet non-existent, illusionary world,...

I was originally a film screening organizer, not a screenwriter. The "Cradle of Images" event in 2009 was an experimental screening of the documentary films "Broken Blossom" and "Pathos", directed by a woman named Naomi Matsuoka, and created several...

Many filmmakers may want to feel that they can contribute to the world by making films. In every industry, advanced people want to make a difference because they want to make the future of humanity bright. Is it an exception for the film industry?...

I am a Japanese film scriptwriter who writes stories about "Spirituality", especially "Forgiveness". Although this is not a story about the film industry, no, this is a story about the film industry, but in all fields in Japan, we are seeing a...