Japanese New Wave
The is a group of loosely-connected Japanese filmmakers during the late 1950s and into the 1970s. Although they did not make up a coherent movement, these artists shared a rejection of traditions and conventions of classical Japanese cinema in favor of more challenging works, both thematically and formally. Coming to the fore in a time of national social change and unrest, the films made in this wave dealt with taboo subject matter, including sexual violence, Political radicalism, radicalism, youth culture and Juvenile delinquency, delinquency, Anti-Korean sentiment, Korean discrimination, queerness, and the aftermath of World War II. They also adopted more unorthodox and experimental approaches to Composition (visual arts), composition, Film editing, editing and narrative. The trend borrows its name from the French ''French New Wave, Nouvelle vague'', a concurrent movement that similarly scrapped the established traditions of their national cinema. Unlike the French counterpar ...
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