Katsuo Nakamura

  • Jun’ya Satô – Kuruwa sodachi AKA Red Light District Upbringing (1964)

    1961-1970AsianDramaJapanJunya Sato

    Tamiko has been with a geisha house since she was little. Torn between staying in the only world that she knows but also loathes, and a normal life on the outside, Tomiko becomes more and more desperate. Times are also changing, it isn’t easy to keeps the books balanced and there is a new law under debate that may end this way of life for good.Read More »

  • Nagisa Ôshima – Etsuraku AKA Pleasure of the Flesh (1965)

    1961-1970AsianDramaJapanNagisa Oshima

    After killing a man that raped one of his students, teacher Wakizaka finds himself embroiled in a plot being blackmailed into looking after a huge amount of cash. With tensions mounting and anxiety setting in, Wakizaka decides to spend the money, knowing the consequences of his actions will be of the most dire kind.Read More »

  • Miyoji Ieki – Robo no Ishi AKA The Wayside Pebble (1964)

    1961-1970AsianDramaJapanMiyoji Ieki

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    Synopsis:
    The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi’s father refuses to give in to his son’s request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.Read More »

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