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    AI NO CORRIDA: A Film By Nagisa Oshima
    AI NO CORRIDA: A Film By Nagisa Oshima
    AI NO CORRIDA: A Film By Nagisa Oshima
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    AI NO CORRIDA: A Film By Nagisa Oshima

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    AI NO CORRIDA (1976) is Nagisa Oshima's hardcore sex version of the bizarre Sada Abe murder-mutilation-necrophilia case, which stunned Japanese society in 1936. Produced in France to avoid Japan's strict censorship laws, Oshima's film caused outrage upon its release but has since been recognised as a masterpiece of erotic cinema, and one which goes far beyond mere pornography in its investigation into the nature of sexual obsession and death. This special ebook provides a detailed overview of Oshima's controversial film classic, accompanied by rarely-seen publicity photographs. Also included as a bonus feature is an illustrated account of the Sada Abe murder case. With 17 images in total, 7 in full colour.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElektron Ebooks
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9781908694379
    AI NO CORRIDA: A Film By Nagisa Oshima

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      AI NO CORRIDA - Jack Hunter

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      AI NO CORRIDA

      EDITED BY JACK HUNTER

      AN EBOOK

      ISBN 978-1-908694-37-9

      PUBLISHED BY ELEKTRON EBOOKS

      COPYRIGHT 2012 ELEKTRON EBOOKS

      www.elektron-ebooks.com

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a database or retrieval system, posted on any internet site, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holders. Any such copyright infringement of this publication may result in civil prosecution

      FOREWORD

      Born in Kyoto, 1932, Nagisa Oshima was a graduate in Marxist history before joining Shochiku Studios as an assistant director and scriptwriter in 1954. His first film as director was Ai To Kibo No Machi (Town Of Love And Hope, 1959), followed by Seishun Zankoku Monogatari (Cruel Story Of Youth, 1960). Inspired by taiyozoku (sun tribe) teen rebellion films such as Kô Nakahira’s Kurutta Kajitsu (Crazed Fruit, 1956), and by his Marxist studies, Oshima’s focus was on youth crime, gangs and abusive relationships, using them to comment on the state of contemporary Japan. His next film was the pessimistic Taiyo No Hakaba (The Sun’s Burial, 1960), and these three debut works established him amongst the emergent New Wave of young Japanese directors, alongside others such as Masahiro Shinoda, Yoshishige Yoshida and Imamura Shohei. It was a common theme in the films of these three directors – that of the social rebel or the criminal gang – which would enable the birth of the 60s yakuza (gangster) film genre – a genre which Shinoda himself, in particular, would exploit and subvert with films like Kawaita Hana (Pale Flower, 1964). Oshima’s more overtly political Nihon No Yoru To Kiri (Night And Fog In Japan, 1960) was withdrawn by Shochiku due to its confrontational nature, prompting Oshima to quit the studio and direct Shiiku (The Catch, 1961) and Amakusa Shiro Tokisada (The Rebel, 1962) independently. He then formed his own production company, Sozosha, and worked in television for three years before going on to make such films as Etsuraku (Pleasures Of The Flesh, 1965), Hakuchu No Torima (Violence At Noon, 1966), Koshikei (Death By Hanging, 1968), Shinjuku Dorobo Nikki (Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief, 1968), Shonen (Boy, 1969) and Gishiki (The Ceremony, 1971).

      Throughout this body of work – which established him firmly as the leader of Japanese cinema’s New Wave – Oshima largely rejects conventional modes of narrative and uses the cinematic medium to promote his own ongoing political analysis of Japan. In the 1970s he finally quit the country, making the seminal Ai No Corrida (1976) as a French co-production.

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