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1968,
94 min, b/w, 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles, R21 Directed by OSHIMA Nagisa / 大島 渚 Cast: WATANABE Fumio, SATO Kei Print Source – JAPAN FOUNDATION | SCREENING | ||||
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A
boy is caught by a girl stealing a book in Shinjuku’s Kinokuniya. Kinokuniya’s
owner lets the boy off, and gives him money with an instruction to him and the
girl to have fun with it. “This film is about a boy and girl in search of their
rightful moment of sexual ecstasy.” Shot hand-held in the streets, it captures
Shinjuku in 1968 and its student riots, as the two young people come into contact
with characters – actors, critics, bookstore owner, sexologist - who play themselves
under their own names, speaking at times with impromptu lines. The demonstrations
more or less accidentally filmed, reflects the turbulence of the place and time.
The film reflects the aimless energy of the time and charts this confusion. | |||||
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