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A Japanese Tragedy

film by Kinoshita

Also known as: “Nihon no higeki”

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discussed in biography

In Kinoshita Keisuke
Nihon no higeki (1953; A Japanese Tragedy), a film examining the weakened Japanese family structure, is skillfully constructed by crosscutting between stories and by the effective incorporation of flashbacks. Narayama-bushi kō (1958; Ballad of Narayama) is praised for the technical excellence with which Kinoshita used colour and the wide…
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