sweetcandy

[sacredwhores]

Mikio Naruse - Floating Clouds (1955)

[maggiecheungs]

“Yearning, by Mikio Naruse, is one of my favourite films, and I loved the way restraint became the main emotion throughout that film. The question became how to do it. I decided to go back to basics, to really play with the bare minimum in the screenplay. I didn’t want all these subtle emotions expressed through words, but at the same time I wanted to make sure the audience fully understood, and felt, how the characters were feeling.” —Park Chan-wook on the inspirations for Decision to Leave

Final scene of Decision to Leave (2022) // final scene of Yearning (1964)

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Pearl Bailey (Carmen Jones, St. Louis Blues, Porgy and Bess)—vintage crush of all time, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and my GOD the PIPES! She wasn't in nearly enough movies, but every time I see her I'm aghast all over with what a gorgeous woman she was. Vote Pearl for diva glamor like no one else! (also....she was on the Muppet Show!)

Hideko Takamine (Carmen Comes Home, Floating Clouds, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Yearning)— Known for her work with director Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine brought to life his suffering, persevering heroines. Widely regarded as one of the three greatest Japanese actresses of her time alongside Setsuko Hara and Haruko Sugimura.

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Pearl Bailey propaganda:

"Pearl Bailey was an absolute POWERHOUSE! She's best known for her career in music and theater (she's a DIVINE singer, and very funny). But she also did several feature films, including a controversial adaptation of Porgy and Bess (controversial because of the story; the actors were pretty much coerced into it). She's got a style all her own, you can recognize it from a mile away. She's got you chuckling and crying from one phrase to the next. I love her <3"

"Cheekbones to die for"

Hideko Takamine:

[manderley]

Hideko Takamine in

Yearning (1964)

[shihlun]

Mikio Naruse

- Lightning

1952

[broadcastarchive-umd]

monkeyday:

Actress Hideko Takamine - National (Panasonic) radio ad, c. 1951

Originally posted August 26, 2014.

[farmerbebop]

They are pen pals.

Lightning (Mikio Naruse, 1952) The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan, 1967)

[grusinskayas]

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 女が階段を上る時 (1960) dir. Mikio Naruse

[anamon-book]

旅は道づれアロハ・オエ　高峰秀子・松山善三 潮出版社 装画・装丁＝安野光雅

[pedestriansteppers]

Hideko Takamine

She said

When I appeared in Ozu's The Munakata Sisters, I had trouble with the tongue sticking out scene, because after many tests, my nerves were more focused on the tongue than on my acting.

"Tongues are squishy and weird things."

[lairreparablefugadeltiempo]

Nagareru (Naruse Mikio, 1956)

[sacredwhores]

Mikio Naruse - Floating Clouds (1955)

[maggiecheungs]

Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-wai

Toshirō Mifune and Hideko Takamine in A Wife's Heart (1956) dir. Mikio Naruse

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

June Richmond (Carolina Blues)—I will take LITERALLY ANY REASON to post the Mr. Beebe number. Hello, it’s got Harold Nicholas and June Richmond and so so so much Black talent and glamor in it??? June Richmond is clearly the queen of the number and I love her. Glam as hell. [video under the cut]

Hideko Takamine (Carmen Comes Home, Floating Clouds, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Yearning)— Known for her work with director Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine brought to life his suffering, persevering heroines. Widely regarded as one of the three greatest Japanese actresses of her time alongside Setsuko Hara and Haruko Sugimura.

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Hideko Takamine:

June Richmond:

[ainosgarden]

@hotvintagepoll this is not really propaganda bc i'm not trying to prove how hot they are, but since it seems inevitable that we're gonna lose Hideko Takamine this round, i just want more ppl to look at my fav photos of Hideko and Setsuko together

this was taken in 1938 when Hideko was 14 and Setsuko was 18. these girls went on to change the course of japanese cinema forever

[davidhudson]

Hideko Takamine, March 27, 1924 – December 28, 2010.