The story of Japan cinema

Movements of Japan

1950s–1960s

Japanese Golden Age

The Japanese New Wave (ヌーベルバーグ, Nūberu bāgu; Japanese transliteration of the French term "nouvelle vague") is a group of loosely-connected Japanese films and filmmakers between the late 1950s and part of the 1970s. The most prominent representatives include directors Nagisa Ōshima, Yoshishige Yoshida, Masahiro Shinoda and Shōhei Imamura.

Akira Kurosawa · Kenji Mizoguchi · Kon Ichikawa
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