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— by Dillon Gonzales: The films of Tomu Uchida are not likely at the top of mind for western audiences in the same ways that Japanese directors such as Akira Kurosawa or Yasujirō Ozu are, but his contributions to the art form are no less noteworthy. Uchida may be best known to cinephiles for his varied, uncategorizable styles that he brought to his over forty year career. From the naturalistic beauty of 1955’s Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji to one of his last films, the vibrant and stylistically theatrical The Mad Fox from 1962, the gentleman pushed his own boundaries, and that of the medium, whenever he had the chance…

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