Just before the huge french retro this Winter, a 4-DVD box set with english-subtitles will be coming out on Novembre 16th in France (€44), including these films:
- Violent Virgin: A mystical yakuza tale;
- Violence without a cause: About a bunch of bored students;
- Shinjuku Mad: A father looking for his son’s killer in Tokyo;
- Naked Bullet: One of the coolest yakuza story ever;
Updated 10/21 – Added spec for the Wakamatsu retro
While Koji Wakamatsu has recently gained attention over the last few years in the West, we still don’t know much about his scenarist-friend-director Masao Adachi.
But it may change soon as the French Cinematheque in Paris is about to screen most (?) of Adachi’s works from December ’10 until late February ’11 – check out the program
At the same time, the FC is also planning a Wakamatsu retro, with 40 films announced (pretty neat list). Just wondering if this will travel around the world or…?)
BTW, Adachi is said to be working on a new project called “Thirteenth Month of the Year”. EDIT – According to Matteo, it was a “project started 3-4 years ago, very interesting indeed but too expensive“, see the official website. As for Wakamatsu, his next film will be an “overview of 1960s-era Japan” (Mishima inside).
Just received the 2nd Koji Wakamatsu boxset I was talking about few days ago! Here are some caps from the 4 films to give you an idea (DVDs all start with the Wakamatsu anti-piracy warning, followed by the trailer for Caterpillar).
This english-friendly boxset will be released on July 6th in France. Pre-orders are already available, so make your your choice! Read more…
You’ve always wanted to watch more pink-guerilla films from Koji Wakamatsu but couldn’t find them officially on DVD, with english subtitles? So, you should know, a DVD boxset with 4 english-subbed & remastered films will be released in France on July 6th for 44,99e! You can already pre-order it!
More details after the jump! Just don’t forget to read this massive feature before/after watching these films! Read more…
This Tokiko Kato song became popular among the japanese students during the protest movements of the late 1960s. The title can loosely be translated by “What a beautiful May in Paris“, based on a french song about May 1968. To keep this revolutionary mood intact, go (re)watch Wakamatsu’s United Red Army, Oshima’s Night & Fog in Japan…!
Via D.Ianni@FB
