50 years ago:
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (JP)
Original title: 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested ...
1973-04-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54307
#ZatoichisConspiracy #ShintarKatsu #TakashiShimura #EijiOkada

73 years ago:
Till We Meet Again (JP)
Original title: また逢う日まで
Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
1950-03-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/125235
#TillWeMeetAgain #YoshikoKuga #EijiOkada #HarukoSugimura #Film

62 years ago:
Festival of Swordsmen (JP)
Original title: 剣豪天狗まつり
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of S...
1961-03-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/232464
#FestivalofSwordsmen #ShigehiroOzawa #TomisaburWakayama #EijiOkada

46 years ago:
Utamaro's World (JP)
Original title: 歌麿 夢と知りせば
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
1977-02-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/80979
#UtamarosWorld #MikioNarita #EijiOkada #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) - Alain Resnais
#alainresnais #margueriteduras #emmanuelleriva #eijiokada #sachavierny #ww2

Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
Director: Alain Resnais

#cinema #frenchcinema #hiroshima #moviestills #EmmanuelleRiva #EijiOkada