also unplanned but not unexpected, a rewatch of the movie which my icon comes from (:
wedding ring (1950), dir. keisuke kinoshita

"riding the bus to izu on a spring day
will i miss my white shoes?"
by tom, dick and harry
02.01.25

for the second day of japan movie month i went off track and watched lost paradise (1997), dir. yoshimitsu morita

the movie was a pleasant watch overall, depicting true (forbidden, adulterous) love as well as unhappiness and loneliness in a very intimate way.
a movie sensual and tender.
sad, too.

starting the new year by joining the japanuary month on letterboxd and celebrating the amazing kōji yakusho's birthday on the first of january with
perfect days (2023), dir. wim wenders

01.01.25

looking at pictures inside my phone and sighing, dreamily

mifune toshiro as tetsu, jakoman and tetsu (1949)

mori masayuki as nakanuma, the good fairy (1951)

let's all say: thank you kinoshita-san

(questionably) useful links:

letterboxd: letterboxd.com/ginkovskij
tumblr (main): ginkovskij.tumblr.com
tumblr (transea): transea.tumblr.com

here is a picture of toshiro mifune as matsunaga (drunken angel) for no reason, enjoy (: