The two faces of Japan
The impact of Western influence on an Oriental way of life during the fifteen years since Iliroshima is highlighted in this programme. This impact is vividly illustrated in the stories of four Japanese a fashion model, a student, a dockyard worker and a housewife. The economic and political position of Japan in relation to the United States and Communist China is discussed in interviews with the Japanese Prime Minister and the Leader of the Socialist Opposition, who was assassinated a few days after being filmed. The programme, which will be introduced by Tom Harris-son, an authority on the Far East, is written by Cyril Bennett and is directed by Peter Morley.
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London's Television, Monday to Friday what a difference between these (the girls, especially, so obviously dressed down, so un- Rom tnly, unplebeianly slim!) and Fellini's spiritual down and outs.
La None Brava, like so many films these days, uses French and Italian actors together, swapping nationalities and—though in theory I disapprove —doing so pretty successfully. For a_ film of this kind, perhaps in fact for people of this kind, there is now an international face, like the international uniforms—jeans, leather jackets, dark glasses, etc.—and haircuts recognisable all round the world. France and Italy are best represented at the festival, and even in the most `national'-looking Franco-Italian productions there is this interchange of actors' nationalities.
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