The golden age of Japanese cinema in the 50s and 60s was really full of talents and classics, whether it was a director, actor or screenwriter.
The works of several big directors also have their own characteristics, and if you look at the degree of acceptance by the audience, you can use the degree of wine to make a comparison.
Naruse's works are the most gentle and gentle, 35 degrees, very tasteful. His "Floating Clouds" and "When a Woman Walks Up the Stairs" are not tired of watching. Ozu also said that he could not make a film like "Floating Clouds".
"Floating Clouds"
Ozu Yasujiro's paintings are clean and tidy, the characters are refreshing and natural, 38 degrees of good wine, and I like his three autumns the most: "Autumn Day", "Autumn of The Kohayakawa Family" and "The Taste of Saury".
The Taste of Saury
Kenji Mizoguchi's work is heavier, 46 degrees, like the sisters in "Gion Singers", surviving in suffering.
"Gion Singer"
And Akira Kurosawa's work, just like his name, black and white, decisive, undisguised, is a 56-degree spirit.
Coupled with his black and white films, the contrast of the picture is higher than the usual black and white Japanese films, closer to the taste of European films, so it is not easy to be loved and accepted by the general Asian audience.
However, fans who like his film style can hardly give up the unique charm of Kurosawa films, and when tasting other films, they will feel light and tasteless.
For example, his egoistic Rashomon
Rashomon
Seven Samurai About The Sacrificed Samurai
The Seven Samurai
"Heaven and Hell" about class differentiation and opposition
Kingdom of Heaven and Hell
"Chaos" about fate and teasing
"Chaos"
Many of these films, kurosawa as a playwright, are involved in the screenwriting, making the plot of the film full of dramatic conflicts, and the ups and downs of life and plot make the audience sigh.
Kurosawa's distinct intentions and shooting methods are completely different from Naruse and Ozu even when shooting the subjects of koshi.
If Naruse is a flat perspective, Ozu is a low perspective, and Kurosawa, in today's terms, is the "God perspective."
For example, his 1947 work "Beautiful Sunday", which absorbed many Italian and German black-and-white films, with Fritz Scott. Lang's expressionist films are similar.
"Beautiful Sunday"
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, Akira Kurosawa received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
In this way, the world film industry paid the highest tribute to his works and achievements.
Time has changed, and directors and works such as Akira Kurosawa are estimated to be unsurpassed in Asia.