"Wolf Time"

Japanese: 《狼の時間》 - おおかみのじかん
"Wolf Time"

…He became known worldwide for Monica (1952), and solidified his fame with Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). After that, he released a series of controversial works, such as The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries (both 1957), The Virgin Spring (1960), Persona (1966), Hour of the Wolf (1968), and Ritual of the Night (1969), and became a master of arthouse cinema. In 1973, his color film Cries and Whispers became a worldwide hit (distributed in America by Roger Corman, known as the master of horror films), and his artistic merit was also recognized as having box office value. The film also marked an era with its bold eroticism and intense sexual depictions, supported by the physical performances of actresses such as Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar Lindblom, who played the sisters in Silence, as well as Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, and Liv Ullmann.

*Some of the terminology used in "Hour of the Wolf" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《不良少女モニカ》(1952)で世界的に知られ,《夏の夜は三たび微笑む》(1955)で名声を決定的なものにする。以後,《第七の封印》《野いちご》(ともに1957),《処女の泉》(1960),《仮面/ペルソナ》(1966),《狼の時間》(1968),《夜の儀式》(1969)等々と次々に問題作を発表して〈アート・シアターの巨匠〉となるが,73年のカラー作品《叫びとささやき》が世界的にヒットして(アメリカでは怪奇映画の巨匠として知られるロジャー・コーマンの手で配給された),その〈芸術性〉にも興行価値が認められた。《沈黙》の姉妹を演じたイングリット・チューリンとグンネル・リンドブロムをはじめ,ハリエット・アンデルソン,ビビ・アンデルソン,リブ・ウルマンといった女優たちの〈肉体的演技〉に支えられたその大胆なエロティシズム,すさまじい性描写によっても一時代を画した。…

※「《狼の時間》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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