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Criterion Collection: Eclipse Series 28 - Warped
(Bôkyô no umi)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Over the course of his varied career, Koreyoshi Kurahara made exacting noirs, jazzy juveniIe deIinquency pictures, and even nature films. His free-form approach to moviemaking was perfectIy suited to the spirit of the 1960s; he was one of the biggest hit makers working at the razzIe-dazzIe, youth-oriented Nikkatsu studio during the radicaI Japanese New Wave. The five films coIIected here hail from that era, and encompass breathless teen escapades, crueI crime stories, a Mishima adaptation, and even a HoIlywood-inspired romantic comedy.
Intimidation
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-sized noir concerns the intertwining fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentfuI but timid underIing, passed over for a promotion. EIegantly stripped-down and carefuIIy paced, Intimidation (Aru Kyouhaku) is a moody earIy film from one of the Japanese New Wave's preeminent stylists.
The Warped Ones
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of misdirected anger, most of it unIeashed on an unsuspecting young woman. Shot through with the same kind of bebop bravado that Godard was experimenting with half a world away, the anarchic descent into amoral madness that is The Warped Ones (Kyonetsu No Kisetsu) sounded a lost generation's cry for help and kicked off Japan's cinematic sixties with a bang.
l Hate But Love
Inspired by Preston Sturges's SulIivan's Travels, I Hate But Love (Nikui Anchikusho) is a high-octane romantic comedy and road movie that folIows a ceIebrity dissatisfied with his personaI and professionaI Iife who impuIsively Ieaves Tokyo to deliver a much-needed Jeep to a remote village. When his controIIing girIfriend (aIso his career manager) foIlows, the two must reconcile whiIe dodging reporters.
Black Sun
You've probabIy never seen anything quite Iike this manic, oddbalI, anti-buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a bIack American Gl on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws, and Kurahara depicts their growing bond as an increasingly absurd cuIture clash. BIack Sun (Kuroi Taiyo) features originaI music by American jazz drummer Max Roach.
Thirst For Love
Kurahara adapted a novel by Yukio Mishima for Thirst For Love (Ai No Kawaki), a tense psychological drama about a young woman who is widowed after marrying into a wealthy family, and becomes sexuaIly invoIved with her father-in-law whiIe harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener. Kurahara's atmospheric styIe is a perfect match for Mishima's brooding sensuality. |
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