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Shimizu’s postwar filmography encapsulates the everyday tragedies of life, the delicate sentiments of love and loss in the wake of the war, and the pains that befall common people—from the hardships of motherhood to the ostracization of disability.
Lost for over 70 years, Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather was rediscovered in 2022. Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls his earlier Mr. Thank You, tracking an autumnal bus ride through a mountain pass.
Jul 26, 2004 · A concern for the relevance of his art informs all of Shimizu’s mature work. Just as, in the pre-war period, he had criticised the direction of Japanese society, so, in the post-war period, he made films focusing on its weakest, most vulnerable members.
- Alexander Jacoby
Synopsis. Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass.
- Hiroshi Shimizu
The Cinematheque has plucked four gems from this year’s historic touring exhibition, each produced during Shimizu’s brilliant (and neglected) postwar career after he left Shochiku and formed his own independent studio, Hachinosu Eiga.
Starring a handful of real-life war orphans that Shimizu adopted and raised, Children of the Beehive combines post-war neorealism with pre-war classicism, pushing his sense of tragedy into starker and more uncompromising realms while still retaining a core belief in the the healing power of community and its ability to preserve social order.
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Apr 4, 2024 · The inaugural John and Miyoko Davey Classic Film Series focuses on Shimizu’s post-war features that capture Japan in a state of regeneration.
