Park Seung-ho · ILGOGAM · #09 Boletín Editorial 2026-11-06
Kiju Yoshida (1933-2022)

[Park Seung-ho · ILGOGAM #09] Kiju Yoshida — From Shochiku Nouvelle Vague Pioneer to the 'Critique of Modern Japan Trilogy': Director Kiju Yoshida

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A deep dive into the life and radical aesthetics of Kiju Yoshida (1933-2022), who emerged alongside Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda in the Shochiku Nouvelle Vague before founding Gendai Eigasha to produce his monumental 'Critique of Modern Japan Trilogy' and 'Ozu's Anti-Cinema'.
Kiju Yoshida
1963년의 요시다 기주 감독[사진=위키미디어 커먼스]
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Graduated from Univ. of Tokyo in French Literature, debuted with 'Good-for-Nothing' (1960)…Turning point with Mariko Okada in 'Akitsu Springs'

Kiju Yoshida (born Yoshishige Yoshida, 1933-2022) was a towering figure of post-war Japanese cinema who began as a pioneer of the Shochiku Nouvelle Vague and evolved into an uncompromising auteur interrogating the contradictions of modern Japanese history.

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Left Shochiku after studio cut 'Escape from Japan' without consent…Founded Gendai Eigasha and completed 'Eros + Massacre'

His artistic turning point came with 'Akitsu Springs' (1962), the 100th film of star actress Mariko Okada, who became his wife and lifelong creative partner. When Shochiku unilaterally truncated the ending of his 1964 film 'Escape from Japan' while the couple was on their honeymoon in Europe, Yoshida immediately resigned and established Gendai Eigasha.

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💡 Note 01
Between 1970 and 1973, Yoshida directed his monumental 'Critique of Modern Japan Trilogy'—'Eros + Massacre' (1970), 'Heroic Purgatory' (1970), and 'Coup d'Etat' (1973)—and later authored the landmark critical study 'Ozu's Anti-Cinema' (1998).
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Kiju Yoshida
From Shochiku Nouvelle Vague Pioneer to the 'Critique of Modern Japan Trilogy': Director Kiju Yoshida
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From Shochiku Nouvelle Vague Pioneer to the 'Critique of Modern Japan Trilogy': Director Kiju Yoshida
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