Kanzo sensei 1998

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Accomplished at expressing the complexities of human nature and emotions, Imamura has captured a sense of timelessness to the extent that we all but forget the time and place. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: It does make [Imamura], in his mid-70's, arguably the youngest-hearted filmmaker in Japan. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Imamura allows himself poetic touches, sparingly. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Confirms for anyone who saw The Eel that here is one of world cinema's great humanists. Read more

Leonard Klady, Variety: Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: As lively, irreverent, and bizarrely cheerful as any of Imamura's previous low-life sagas. Read more