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Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000 and almost always he focused on the young generation problems, being the successful A Sailor suit and a Machine-gun (1981) and Typhoon Club (1985) as the best examples of that.
Apr 28, 2023 · Globus Series Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai. April 28—May 13, 2023. Widely lauded in his native Japan, director Shinji Somai (1948-2001) remains largely unrecognized in the West.
Shinji Sômai was born on 13 January 1948 in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Typhoon Club (1985), Ah haru (1998) and Moving (1993). He died on 9 September 2001 in Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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- Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
Sep 10, 2011 · Tim Deschaumes does in in-depth, career spanning analysis of Sōmai Shinji’s long take stylistics, comparing him to Japanese long take master Kenji Mizoguchi and other long take stylists.
Sep 9, 2001 · Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, and was brought up in Hokkaido. Somai began his career in 1975 as an assistant director with Nikkatsu Co., one of Japan's leading film production companies, after he dropped out of Chuo ...
Dec 13, 2021 · Where to begin with Shinji Somai. A beginner’s path through the long takes and coming-of-age narratives of a major Japanese filmmaker who deserves to be much better known in the west: Shinji Somai.
Sōmai’s filmography has remained elusive to international audiences for decades – until now, as the overlooked auteur’s coming-of-age classic, MOVING, inaugurates the American Cinematheque’s retrospective with its exquisite 4K restoration.
