Japan Society NY
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| The Beast to Die © 1980 Kadokawa Corp. |
The Beast to Die / Yaju Shisubeshi
Directed by Toru Murakawa
With Yusaku Matsuda, Takeshi Kaga, Hideo Murota
Japan, 1980, 119 minutes
DCP, color
In Japanese with live English subtitles.
When: Tuesday, November 15, 7 PM
Where: Japan Society
333 East 47th Street, NYC
Action star Yusaku Matsuda started his journey towards melding arthouse film and pop in this mesmerizingly stylized and Nietzschean heist film about a war reporter planning to rob a bank. Scriptwriter Shoichi Maruyama became an overnight sensation for his unique mix of the surreal and hard-boiled realism. Haruki Kadokawa used the film to embark on a new kind of small-scale blockbuster that emphasized artistic freedom. Though based on a bestseller by Haruhiko Oyabu, Kadokawa told Maruyama: "All I want is the novel's title and your modern sensibility." Foreshadowing the self-reflexive play of Japan's bubble era, the film tackles the insecurities of an increasingly international Japan. New 4k restoration!
18+. This film is unrated, but may only be viewed by persons 18 years of age and older.
Part of Pop! Goes Cinema: Kadokawa Film & 1980s Japan.
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