Odd obsession japanese movie

Mar 29, 2017 every year the japanese film center tours a programme of films, some contemporary and some classics from earlier periods. Odd obsession japanese 40x59 59 kon ichikawas kagi, bizarre. Directed by kon ichikawa 1959 japan starring ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo kon ichikawas odd obsession is a strange dark comedy on a thenforbidden subjectimpotence, and jealousy as a cure for it. But he then goes on to deliver a case study of a man whos trying to fight the ageing process. One of the greatest japanese actors in history, together with mifune toshiro. Odd obsession won a film festival award a few years back, but just why isnt apparent. Odd obsession movies, one of chicagos last video stores. Odd obsession 1959 posters the movie database tmdb. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archivequality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection. Brian named the video store odd obsession, after a kon ichikawa movie that no one ever rented. The movie explores the links between love, jealousy, and rage, all from the standpoint of kenji kenmochi ganjiro nakamura. Oct, 2016 good for nothing aka rokudenashi, the 1960 japanese film w english subs, featuring masahiko tsugawa, hizuru takachiho and yusuke kawazu, written and directed by yoshishige kiju yoshida. 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. New western movie english 2019 full length movies action hollywood duration.

The screenplay for the film was adapted by kobo abe from his 1962 novel. Japanese 767 british 657 experimental 502 animation 441 italian genre films 423 music 410 hong kong 320 german 309. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1959 odd obsession vintage orig. 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. I recorded it from japanese tv and had it transferred to disc so that i would have a copy. We also recommend razy sex with weird japanese game and many. Paco and the magical book tetsuya nakashima, 2008 okunuki used to be a tycoon but now spends his time in a sanatorium of sorts, along with patients that include a former child actor that currently suffers from suicidal tendencies, a transvestite, and paco, a young girl who insists that onuki to read her one of her books. It was entered into the 1960 cannes film festival, where it won the jury prize. An agonizing portrait of desperate japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during world war ii, kon ichikawas. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage orig photo.

An ageing antique specialist in kyoto, japan is losing virility but finds himself. Among the good films ignored or ludicrously misinterpreted by the critics is, currently, the japanese film kagi, or odd obsession, a beautifully stylized and. Mar 05, 2018 in celebration of the 110th anniversary of his birth, japan society presents an 11film retrospective surveying the work of kazuo miyagawa 19081999, the most influential cinematographer of. A fond farewell to odd obsession movie feature chicago. In the meantime, one can enjoy stylish coats, thin gloves, short scarves, and boots unmarred by a disgusting mixture of dirt, snow and rock salt. The key is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by kon ichikawa. These would include the nikkatsu roman porno series 19711988 and toeis pinky violence early 1970s, described in the pink film entry which have separate subcategories. In celebration of the 110th anniversary of his birth, japan society presents an 11film retrospective surveying the work of kazuo miyagawa 1908. Like leni riefenstahls olympia, which documented the 1936 summer olympics in berlin, ichikawas film was considered a milestone in documentary filmmaking. The characters are seen too dark and sick way in this movie, and viewer cant.

Advancing age has robbed him of his libido and his ability to sexually satisfy his much younger and extremely goodlooking wife ikuko kyo. Odd obsession is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by kon ichikawa. 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. A fond farewell to odd obsession movie feature chicago reader. Odd obsession, the japanese drama by kon ichikawa fandor. 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. With eriko hatsune, fhi fan, hinako saeki, eunkyung shin. My top 10 hideo gosha films, with a brief discussion on the director himself. Odd obsession movies is moving, and expanding our unique collection of cinema for you to explore. Odd obsession attracted cinephiles, but it attracted plenty of weirdos as well. Odd obsession 1959 stream and watch online moviefone. Most of the people who ever worked there were volunteers who shelved dvds a few times a week for free rentals, but we were all fluent in a certain dialect, a movie ese of putney swope and mondo. A middleaged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. Lots of intrigue, some lesserknown history and a rare depiction of ainu culture.

The programme usually includes a couple of film on 35mm rather than on digital. The movie displays a coldblooded fascination with the erotic in its study. Odd obsession opens with a young doctor giving a lecture to camera about how mens bodies deteriorate decade by decade. Odd obsession was based on a junichiro tanizaki novel that has been adapted for the screen several times before. A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughters fiance places the two in dangerous situations. Enjoy watching most relevant porn weird japanese uncensored videos at pussyspace xxx tube. Odd obsession 1959 the remarkably prolific japanese director kon ichikawa made 86 films in almost every genre, from intimate family dramas to largescale epics to documentaries, reaching his peak of productivity in the 1950s and most frequently collaborating with his screenwriter wife natto wada. Odd obsession movies odd obsession movies chicagos library of film movie rental shop. 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. The movie explores the links between love, jealousy, and rage, all from the standpoint of kenji kenmochi ganjiro nakamura, the middleaged husband of the younger ikuko machiko kyo. Masayuki mori was born on january, 1911 in sapporo, hokkaido, japan as yukimitsu arishima. On one of my first days behind the counter, a middleaged man walked in and asked if he could find any porn, but. Lee yooyoung lim jiyeon cha jiyeon ganshinpart2 2015.

With rentaro mikuni, shoji yasui, tatsuya mihashi, jun hamamura. Woman in the dunes or woman of the dunes, suna no onna, sand woman is a 1964 japanese new wave film directed by hiroshi teshigahara and starring eiji okada and kyoko kishida. This illuminating documentary examines the influence of japanese art on the post. The inhabitants of a small japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. 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. The movie explores the links between love, jealousy, and rage, all from the standpoint of. The movie displays a coldblooded fascination with the erotic in its study of an aging man and his search for. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archive quality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection.

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. Odd obsession closes bucktown video store after 16 years. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Chicago cbs odd obsession movies, one of chicagos last video stores, announced tuesday that it is closing its shop in bucktown amid the coronavirus shutdown and in the wake of other. Directed by kon ichikawa 1959 japan starring ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo. Please help to save this oneofakind film collection and keep it where it belongs. With machiko kyo, ganjiro nakamura, junko kano, tatsuya nakadai. The golden kamuy crunchyroll historical adventure about a russo japanese war veteran looking for treasure in northern japan with assistance from an ainu girl. As a treatment of sexual opportunism, its a bit reminiscent of. Good for nothing aka rokudenashi, the 1960 japanese film w english subs, featuring masahiko tsugawa, hizuru takachiho and yusuke kawazu, written and directed by. A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model and pursues a lesbian passion that erupts into obsession, adultery, deceit, blackmail and possibly murder when all four principles involved collide. 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. The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurais ghost and a woodcutter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the antiwar films the burmese harp 1956 and fires on the plain 1959, to the documentary tokyo olympiad 1965, which won two bafta film awards, and the 19thcentury revenge drama an actors revenge 1963.

Five iconic japanese actresses of the golden age bfi. Since its inception the shops collection of movies grew from 4,000 titles to more than 25,000. An ageing antique specialist in kyoto, japan is losing virility but finds. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. It was based on the novel the key, by japanese novelist junichiro tanizaki. See more ideas about japanese film, japan and actresses.

Japanese 767 british 657 experimental 502 animation 441 italian genre films 423 music 410. The key is a 1959 japanese drama film starring machiko kyo, ganjiro nakamura, junko kano, and tatsuya nakadai and directed by kon ichikawa. Thank you for your support in our recent fund raising campaign. Big man japan hitoshi matsumoto, 2007 daisato masaru is a lonely middleaged man who lives alone with his cat, forgotten by everybody. Significant roles in titles such mizoguchis princess yang kweifei 1955 and street of shame 1956, ozus floating weeds 1959, kon ichikawas odd obsession 1959 and as the wife of the disfigured protagonist of hiroshi teshigaharas the face of another 1966 highlight kyos presence and versatility.

Japanese movie, 2017, kuwahata chokichi main role kuwahata chokichi. Daiei toho toei company shochiku the 47 ronin an actors revenge the adventures of milo and otis after the rain aikoku sentai dainippon air doll akira kurosawas dreams. A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility. Odd obsession, which was named after the 1960 film by kon ichikawa tokyo olympiad, specializes in rare, independent, unreleased, camp classic, italian horror, french new wave, tokyo shock, cult, experimental, criterion collection, film noir, gaylesbian, documentary and 60s70s exploitation films including a few bootlegs and a lot of. When i started volunteering at odd obsession movies as a 23yearold in early 2006, the store was in its first location on halsted street, sitting snugly in a basement storefront opposite the. His solution involves the introduction of his daughters lover to his wife.

However, tokyo olympiad keeps its focus more on the atmosphere of the. Odd obsession, one of chicagos last video stores focused on rare and cult films, on the brink of closure odd obsession opened in 2004. The key is one of the english titles of odd obsession 1959, the first filmed version of the japanese novel kagi. Recent buys first click on a genre, or use buttons.

Unfortunately the programme only visits a limited number of cities or areas, and west yorkshire in not one of these. Kon ichikawas odd obsession is a strange dark comedy on a. Tokyo olympiad, tokyo orinpikku is a 1965 japanese documentary film directed by kon ichikawa which documents the 1964 summer olympics in tokyo. Good for nothing aka rokudenashi, the 1960 japanese film w english subs, featuring masahiko tsugawa, hizuru takachiho and yusuke kawazu, written and directed by yoshishige kiju yoshida. In 2012, shop owner brian chankin told dnainfo odd obsession survived thanks in large part to loyal neighbors. In this capacity, he fights equally humongous monsters that attack japan. Aug 16, 2009 the japanese began producing films at approximately the same time as the west, but while the western cinema was quickly taking shape, the japanese cinema remained relatively stagnant. Machiko kyo japanese actress 1956 odd obsession vintage orig. However, like his ancestors, he is also big man japan, a super hero who reaches 30 meters by using high voltage electricity. Released june 23rd, 1959, odd obsession stars machiko ky. Screened as part of the japan foundation touring film programme.