Film
★ 5.5
1988
Father
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
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Filmmaker
Keisuke Kinoshita
Born
1912-12-05 · 86 yrs
Died
1998-12-30
From
Shizuoka, Japan
Known for
Directing
Keisuke Kinoshita (木下 惠介, Kinoshita Keisuke, December 5, 1912 – December 30, 1998) was a Japanese film director. Hugely popular in his home country of Japan, Keisuke Kinoshita worked tirelessly as a director for nearly half a century, making lyrical, sentimental films that often center on the inherent goodness of people, especially in times of distress. He began his directing career during a most challenging time for Japanese cinema: World War II, when the industry’s output was closely monitored by the state and often had to be purely propagandistic. He refused to be bound by genre, technique, or dogma. Kinoshita excelled in almost every genre: comedy, tragedy, social dramas, period films. He shot all films on location or in a one-house set.…
