Back to 1942
Back to 1942 chronicles the devastating famine that hit China’s Henan province, which displaced around 10 million people and killed 3 million, right in the middle of the Japanese invasion of China and World War II.
Tagged: mood: gloomy
Smashed (2012)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead deserves more than just critical acclaim: she should have been an Academy Award nominee by now thanks to Smashed.
Ugly Duckling, The (Russian Animation)
The story is simple — is there anyone in the world who’s not familiar with it??? — a baby swan is born to the wrong family and he’s ostracized for being different.
Amour (2012)
Haneke takes on his most emotional material to date, but ends up with a film that feels just as cold and distant as the rest.
Cranes Are Flying, The
A young couple is separated by war in this stunning piece of cinematic history by Mikhail Kalatozov of the play by Viktor Rozov.
Doctor Zhivago (Russian Miniseries)
Russia has taken back what is theirs with a serialized version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago at the hand of Aleksandr Proshkin, which lasts 11 episodes, clocking in at a little bit over 400 minutes of running time, making it the most faithful adaptation of Pasternak’s novel to date.
Double Face
Double Face is a two-part television drama collaboration between TBS and WOWOW. It is a remake of the successful Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs (無間道), starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as the undercover policeman, and Teruyuki Kagawa as the mole.
Silent War, The
You’d think The Silent War is a slick spy thriller set in the historical backdrop, and you wouldn’t be wrong because the film IS about spies breaking codes circa 1949 with the backdrop of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
A masterless samurai stricken by poverty requests to commit Seppuku, but before he does the deed, he’s told the story of a young samurai who came for the same reason and ended up slashing his stomach for his misdeed.
Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
Based on the successful 2000 book by Hwang Sun-mi, Leafie, A Hen into the Wild follows a crazy, egg-laying farm chicken who dreams of escaping her egg-laying prison to explore the wilderness and freedom… of the yard.
