The special film
by dr. Katrin Sell (film historian) cinephile
Silent meditation, purely aesthetic development, vital movement dynamics, painful things that make you move to tears, uncompromising political discussions, obsessive sensuality, merciless acts of violence, hideous and cheerful entertainment, and boundless imagination – the diversity of Japanese cinema is impressive but German cinema is still running Cinemas, basically, five Japanese films a year that rarely reach more than a handful of screens.
We took this as an opportunity to take a closer look at Japan’s extraordinary film culture. The first public screening of Japanese films took place in 1897, making Japanese cinema almost as old as European cinema.
With subsequent screening of the film.
Source: Gerhart Hauptmann Erkner Museum
