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Anime is full of revolutionary storytellers who brilliantly combine groundbreaking visuals with evocative narratives, yet Satoshi Kon operates on a whole other level. Satoshi Kon was truly a generational talent and responsible for endless hits, any of which would have made his career if they were the only thing that he had done. Kon is arguably best known for his edgy psychological dramas, but his feature films and anime series cover a wide range of material thats evidence of Kons nuanced versatility.

Kon was able to cut to the core of the human condition like no other anime filmmaker, all while his productions deliver dazzling visuals that pushed boundaries and remain gorgeous decades later. Kons career was sadly cut short when he passed away at the young age of 46 in 2010. That being said, Kon was still able to amass a staggering legacy in this short span of time that continues...

Yoidore tenshi / Drunken Angel (1948) Direction: Akira Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Keinosuke Uekusa Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Watching Akira Kurosawa’s 1948 black-and-white effort Yoidore Tenshi / Drunken Angel is an interesting experience, for he clearly had not mastered the art form, yet. Even so, there is so much that is good in Drunken Angel — touches that would become great in just a few years. It’s like looking at a fetus and seeing distinguishable characteristics of its parents, though none is fully formed. Additionally, the same could be said of the director’s budding partnership with leading man Toshiro Mifune, partly because Mifune is not the film's main character. After all, the 'drunken angel' is played by Takashi Shimura, one of the best actors in film history – just watch Ikiru – and Kurosawa’s leading male actor until Mifune asserted [...]...