Masumi Okada

  • Hiroshi Matsuno – Kyûketsu dokuro-sen AKA The Living Skeleton (1968)

    1961-1970Hiroshi MatsunoHorrorJapan

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    In this atmospheric tale of revenge from beyond the watery grave, a pirate-ransacked freighter’s violent past comes back to haunt a young woman living in a seaside town. Mixing elements of kaidan (ghost stories), doppelganger thrillers, and mad- scientist movies, Hiroshi Matsuno’s The Living Skeleton is a wild and eerie work, with beautiful widescreen, black-and-white cinematography.Read More »

  • Seijun Suzuki – Hishu monogatari aka A Story of Sorrow And Sadness (1977)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaJapanSeijun Suzuki

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    Nearly a decade after being fired by Nikkatsu Studios, Suzuki returned to the director’s chair with this titillating tale of a model who is groomed to become a professional golfer as a publicity stunt. When she turns out to be good at the sport, her success leads a deranged fan to hatch a blackmail scheme. “Riddled with the director’s wildly non-conformist use of non-contiguous edits, unhinged shot composition, and violent splashes of colour, crazed and chaotic and for too long buried in the sand bunkers of obscurity, this long-overlooked work simply cries out for revival” (Jasper Sharp, Midnight Eye).Read More »

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