Warped World Of Koreyoshi Kurahara - Eclipse Series 28 - Criterion Collection

Over the course of his varied career, Koreyoshi Kurahara made meticulous noirs, jazzy juvenile-delinquency pictures, and even nature films. His free-form approach to moviemaking was perfectly suited to the radical spirit of the 1960s, when he was one of the biggest hit makers working at the razzle-dazzle, youth-oriented Nikkatsu studios. The five films collected here hail from that era of the Japanese New Wave, and encompass breathless teen escapades, cruel crime stories, a Yukio Mishima adaptation, and even a Hollywood-inspired romantic comedy.

INTIMIDATION

The marvelously moody Intimidation (Aru kyouhaku) is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.

THE WARPED ONES

The anarchic descent into amoral madness that is The Warped Ones (Kyonetsu no kisetsu) sounded a lost generations cry for help and was one of the films that kicked off Japans cinematic sixties with a bang.

I HATE BUT LOVE

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love (Nikui anchikusho), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishihara), dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village.

BLACK SUN

Youve probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddball, antibuddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo.

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.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 8 mars, 2016