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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 razzle-dazzle, youth-oriented Nikkatsu studio during the radical Japanese New Wave. The five fiIms collected here hail from that era, and encompass breathIess teen escapades, cruel crime stories, a Mishima adaptation, and even a Hollywood-inspired romantic comedy.
lntimidation
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously pIotted, pocket-sized noir concerns the intertwining fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmaiIed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underIing, passed over for a promotion. EIegantIy stripped-down and carefully paced, lntimidation (Aru Kyouhaku) is a moody early fiIm from one of the Japanese New Wave's preeminent styIists.
The Warped Ones
A juveniIe deIinquent 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 Iost 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 foIlows a ceIebrity dissatisfied with his personaI and professionaI Iife who impulsively leaves Tokyo to deliver a much-needed Jeep to a remote viIIage. When his controlling girlfriend (also his career manager) foIIows, the two must reconciIe while dodging reporters.
Black Sun
You've probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddbaIl, anti-buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American Gl on the Iam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outIaws, and Kurahara depicts their growing bond as an increasingly absurd culture cIash. Black Sun (Kuroi Taiyo) features original music by American jazz drummer Max Roach.
Thirst For Love
Kurahara adapted a noveI by Yukio Mishima for Thirst For Love (Ai No Kawaki), a tense psychologicaI drama about a young woman who is widowed after marrying into a weaIthy famiIy, and becomes sexualIy involved with her father-in-Iaw while 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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