An ageing antique specialist in kyoto, japan is losing virility but finds himself. Unfortunately the programme only visits a limited number of cities or areas, and west yorkshire in not one of these. Odd obsession won a film festival award a few years back, but just why isnt apparent. The key is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by kon ichikawa. Taking inspiration from charlie chaplins famous quote life is a desire, not a meaning, the japan foundation touring film programme 2017 featured an allencompassing introduction to japanese cinema through the prism of desires, hopes and impulses. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage orig. The kon ichikawa season is at the nft, london se1 0207928 3232 until september 27 and at the edinburgh film festival 01623 8030 from august 15 to 25. Mar 29, 2017 every year the japanese film center tours a programme of films, some contemporary and some classics from earlier periods.
Latest news about odd obsession on the village voice new york. Odd obsession japanese 40x59 59 kon ichikawas kagi, bizarre. Critic pauline kael describes ichikawas odd obsession, adapted from tanizakis famous novel about an old mans impotence and sexual deviance, as a beautifully stylized and highly original piece of filmmakingperverse in the best sense of the word, and worked out with such finesse that each turn of the screw tightens the whole comic structure. Kyo began acting in the mid1940s, few westerners had ever seen a japanese film or cared to, given the countrys militant posture in world war ii. Read the odd obsession movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. My name is nobody western english free and full movie henry fonda hd spaghetti western duration.
Akasen chitai is a 1956 blackandwhite japanese film starring machiko kyo, ayako wakao, and aiko mimasu, and directed by kenji mizoguchi. Details about machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage orig photo. By the time the cinema became the major narrative art form in the west, the typical japanese film served as a form of illustration for the bensei, the traditional storyteller. Thank you for your support in our recent fund raising campaign. Apr, 2018 an even more deranged group of affairs unfolds in kon ichikawas odd obsession 1959, about an aging antiques dealer ganjiro nakamura who, worried about his loss of virility, arranges for. There may be a subtle native meaning for japanese audiences tucked away in the japanese film odd obsession, which came to the carnegie hall cinema yesterday. Odd obsessions desires, hopes and impulses in japanese cinema 3 feb 2017 9 feb 2017 taking inspiration from charlie chaplins famous quote life is a desire, not a meaning, the japan foundation touring film programme 2017 features an allencompassing introduction to japanese cinema. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1959 odd obsession vintage. I still find it puzzling that one of ichikawas best films kokoro is so widely unknown in this country not even criterion has picked it up. In the wars closing days, when a consciencedriven japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a buddhist monk. Again superbly shot in cinemascope, and based on kenichi hories real journey of 1962, it becomes a treatise on the japanese obsession with stifling conformity.
Golden globe, one of the years five best foreign filmscontainer. Odd obsession, which won the special jury prize at cannes in 1960, revealed a. Odd obsession is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by kon ichikawa. Critic pauline kael describes ichikawas odd obsession, adapted from tanizakis famous novel about an old mans impotence and sexual deviance, as a beautifully stylized and highly original. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage. Screened as part of the japan foundation touring film programme. An elderly japanese man with a beautiful young wife finds it difficult to reconcile his feelings of desire with his decreasing potency in this new interpretation of the lovedeath theme in which some of the most sordid of human actions are captured by means of the sheerest physical beautyerotic obsession is presented with such near. Odd obsession attracted cinephiles, but it attracted plenty of weirdos as well.
Feb, 2008 awardwinning japanese film director best known for tokyo olympiad. It was based on the novel the key, by japanese novelist junichiro tanizaki. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archivequality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection. The film could be characterized as a mockumentary of the everyday life of japanese working class. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the antiwar films the burmese harp and fires on the plain, to the documentary tokyo olympiad. With machiko kyo, ganjiro nakamura, junko kano, tatsuya nakadai. Odd obsessions desires, hopes and impulses in japanese cinema presenting films by established and upandcoming directors, animation, documentary and classics, this years programme of japanese films promises to not only entertain but also provide a vivid insight into what drives human action. Meet the man who shot some of japanese cinemas greatest masterpieces. A french critic, condemning odd obsession ichikawas most chabrolian film as nauseating trash, compared the characters to confused larvae moving about in a green aquarium light a motif that was echoed by the more positively inclined max tessier, who called his introduction to the japanese master kon ichikawa the entomologist and claimed that the director observes. Told in an intricate flashback structure, enjo dramatizes the psychological collapse of goichi raizo ichikawa, a young buddhist acolyte from a dysfunctional family who arrives at a kyoto temple the golden pavilion for further study goichi is haunted by two events the discovery of his psychologically abusive mothers infidelity, and the effect of the revelation upon his. Every year the japanese film center tours a programme of films, some contemporary and some classics from earlier periods. Amateur bizarre extreme fisting gaping german skinny slut teen. Advancing age has robbed him of his libido and his ability to sexually satisfy his much younger and extremely goodlooking wife ikuko kyo. Writing about odd obsession, american critic pauline kael called ichikawa probably the most important new young japanese director and described the film as a beautifully stylized and highly original piece of filmmakingperverse in the best sense of the word, and worked out with such finesse that each turn of the screw tightens the whole.
Unlike many of the other humanist directors of the 1950s. An original vintage theatrical folded japanese movie poster measures 40 14 x 58 34 kagi, the 1959 kon ichikawa japanese bizarre obsession melodrama starring machiko kyo, ganjiro nakamura, and jun. On one of my first days behind the counter, a middleaged man walked in and asked if he could find any porn, but. Adapted from junichiro tanizakis famous novel, kon ichikawa s farcical black comedy about aging and male sexual anxiety features miyagawas uniquely subdued color cinematography, which emphasizes the contrast between black shadows and white light to illuminate the films complex treatment of the conflict between private passions and public decorum. Jul 15, 2014 one of the few kon ichikawa pictures that won a major award at an important international festival, odd obsession was also one of two films directed by the incredibly prolific japanese director in 1959. As a treatment of sexual opportunism, its a bit reminiscent of. It was entered into the 1960 cannes film festival, where it won the jury prize. Odd obsession japan foundation touring film programme. Meet the man who shot some of japanese cinemas greatest. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage orig photo. A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility. A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughters fiance places the two in dangerous situations home hide ads.
A fond farewell to odd obsession movie feature chicago. The movie displays a coldblooded fascination with the erotic in its study of an aging man and his search for. Working intimately with directors like yasujiro ozu, akira kurosawa, kenji mizoguchi and kon ichikawa on some of their most important films, miyagawa pushed japanese cinema to its highest artistic. Nevertheless, the outrageous notions included, as the sexually voracious monsters and the general appearance of the superhero, dismantle every notion of seriousness and coherence, thus resulting in an utterly uncategorized film. Aug 06, 2002 the kon ichikawa season is at the nft, london se1 0207928 3232 until september 27 and at the edinburgh film festival 01623 8030 from august 15 to 25. On the surface with ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo dressed in kimono and most of the action taking place in traditional shojiscreened and tatami mat rooms it looks like were in a late ozu film, but ozu never could have or would have peeled back the surface to reveal the dark. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1959 odd obsession vintage orig. A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughters fiance places the two in dangerous situations. A fond farewell to odd obsession movie feature chicago reader.
Jul 23, 2018 a french critic, condemning odd obsession ichikawas most chabrolian film as nauseating trash, compared the characters to confused larvae moving about in a green aquarium light a motif that was echoed by the more positively inclined max tessier, who called his introduction to the japanese master kon ichikawa the entomologist and claimed that the director observes. Set in 1926 when japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother. The key is a 1959 japanese drama film starring machiko kyo, ganjiro nakamura, junko kano, and tatsuya nakadai and directed by kon ichikawa. Finally, staying with odd obsessions theme of septuagenarian sexuality, bunji sotoyamas a sparkle of life is the rather more charming story of a 77 year old widow who joins a dating agency because she feels the need for one final thrill. Odd obsession movies is moving, and expanding our unique collection of cinema for you to explore. Among the good films ignored or ludicrously misinterpreted by the critics is, currently, the japanese film kagi, or odd obsession, a beautifully stylized and. Akasen chitai is a 1956 blackandwhite japanese film starring machiko ky. It is the personal tales of several japanese women of different backgrounds who work together in a brothel. Japanese enjo, enjo is a 1958 japanese film directed by kon ichikawa and adapted from the yukio mishima novel the temple of the golden pavilion. The programme usually includes a couple of film on 35mm rather than on digital. Odd obsessions japan foundation touring film programme.
Odd obsession the key 1960one of ichikawas first films, about an elderly japanese gentleman with a young wife whose feelings of jealousy and impotence eventually wreak havoc on the marriage. With rentaro mikuni, shoji yasui, tatsuya mihashi, jun hamamura. Allen, david band, charles buechler, john carl ford, steven manoogian, peter nicolaou, ted turko, rosemarie. Thanks to the advent of dvd, western film fans have become familiar with such iconic japanese genre directors as seijun suzuki surreal gangster satires, kinji fukasaku nihilistic yakuza films and teruo ishii eroticgrotesque epics. In 1983 the source novel was made into an italian film titled the key. Recent buys first click on a genre, or use buttons. Bizarre fetish scene featuring busty blonde sinks in lake of dirt. A winner of the cannes special jury prize in 1960, odd obsession is a darkly comic drama following kenmochi, an elderly man who. The characters are seen too dark and sick way in this movie, and viewer cant.
The movie explores the links between love, jealousy, and rage, all from the standpoint of. Among the good films ignored or ludicrously misinterpreted by the critics is, currently, the japanese film kagi, or odd obsession, a beautifully stylized and highly original piece of film makingperverse in the best sense of the word, and worked out with such finesse that. Odd obsessions desires, hopes and impulses in japanese cinema 18 directed by kon ichikawa winner of the cannes special jury prize in 1960, this darkly comic drama follows an elderly man with a decreased libido who attempts to sexually satisfy his captivating, younger wife. See more ideas about japanese film, japan and actresses. Awardwinning japanese film director best known for tokyo olympiad. Japanese 767 british 657 experimental 502 animation 441 italian genre films 423 music 410. Odd obsession, which won the special jury prize at cannes in 1960, revealed a different kind of extreme. One might think the film is not held in particularly high regard among japanese film lovers. Unbelievable rare anal threesome with a pregnant hottie. Directed by kon ichikawa 1959 japan starring ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo. There are so many ways that a film like this could become totally unwatchable, particularly given that.
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