{"id":703,"date":"2010-08-30T02:18:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T02:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=703"},"modified":"2014-07-30T18:05:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:05:45","slug":"japanese-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese film industry and its film directors are a force to be reckoned with. These directors have received critical acclaim and a place in film history as great directors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hideo Nakata (<strong>\u4e2d\u7530\u79c0\u592b<\/strong>) is responsible for directing <em>Ring<\/em> (<strong>\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0<\/strong>) and <em>Dark Water<\/em> (<strong>\u4ec4\u6697<\/strong><strong>\u3044<\/strong><strong>\u6c34<\/strong><strong>\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u5e95<\/strong><strong>\u304b\u3089<\/strong>). His movies have been so popular, they\u2019ve been remade for English speaking audiences. His 2010 film Chatroom is a joint production with the U.K. and was screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Takashi Miike\u2019s (<strong>\u4e09\u6c60\u5d07\u53f2<\/strong>,) well known works include <em>Audition <\/em>(<strong>\u30aa<\/strong><strong>\u30fc<\/strong><strong>\u30c7\u30a3\u30b7\u30e7<\/strong><strong>\u30f3<\/strong>) and <em>Ichi<\/em> <em>the Killer<\/em> (<strong>\u6bba<\/strong><strong>\u3057<\/strong><strong>\u5c4b\uff11<\/strong>,). His movies contain either gangs, violence, sexual perversions, blood, death, torture, or all of the above. Fans love his movies because they push the boundaries of social propriety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Takeshi Kitano\u2019s (<strong>\u5317\u91ce\u6b66<\/strong>,) successful movies include <em>Sonatine <\/em>(<strong>\u30bd\u30ca\u30c1\u30cd<\/strong>) and <em>Hanabi<\/em> (<strong>\u306f\u306a\u3073<\/strong>). Before Kitano became a director, he was a well regarded actor. <em>Sonatine <\/em>and <em>Hanabi<\/em> solidified his career as a director and gave him the respect he deserved as a director.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hayao Miyazaki (<strong>\u5bae\u5d0e\u99ff<\/strong>,) is famous for directing animated films such as <em>Nausicaa of the<\/em> <em>Valley of the Wind<\/em> (<strong>\u98a8<\/strong><strong>\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u8c37<\/strong><strong>\u306e\u30ca\u30a6\u30b7\u30ab<\/strong>,), <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em> (<strong>\u3082\u306e\u306e\u3051<\/strong><strong>\u59eb<\/strong>,), <em>Spirited Away<\/em> (<strong>\u5343<\/strong><strong>\u3068<\/strong><strong>\u5343\u5c0b<\/strong><strong>\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u795e<\/strong><strong>\u96a0<\/strong><strong>\u3057<\/strong>,), <em>Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea<\/em> (<strong>\u5d16<\/strong><strong>\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u4e0a<\/strong><strong>\u306e\u30dd\u30cb\u30e7<\/strong>) and other films. His films often feature children as the protagonists and are set in a fantasy world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Akira Kurosawa (<strong>\u9ed2<\/strong><strong>\u6fa4<\/strong><strong>\u660e<\/strong>) is known for directing <em>Seven Samurai<\/em> (<strong>\u4e03\u4eba<\/strong><strong>\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u4f8d<\/strong>), <em>Y<\/em><em>\u014d<\/em><em>jimbo <\/em>(<strong>\u7528\u5fc3\u68d2<\/strong>,), <em>Ran<\/em> (<strong>\u4e71<\/strong>) and <em>Ikiru<\/em> (<strong>\u751f<\/strong><strong>\u304d\u308b<\/strong>). Kurosawa has earned the respect of international audiences and film critics. His movies are considered classics and studied by film students all over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"242\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/08\/s-2665-c-242x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/08\/s-2665-c-242x350.jpg 242w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/08\/s-2665-c.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><p>The Japanese film industry and its film directors are a force to be reckoned with. These directors have received critical acclaim and a place in film history as great directors. &nbsp; Hideo Nakata (\u4e2d\u7530\u79c0\u592b) is responsible for directing Ring (\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0) and Dark Water (\u4ec4\u6697\u3044\u6c34\u306e\u5e95\u304b\u3089). His movies have been so popular, they\u2019ve been remade for English&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-directors\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11102],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-japanese-directors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/3972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}