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MatsuiI’s debut film, “Rusty Empty Can” (1979), was photographed by Sogo Ishii; nonetheless the film turned out to be a serious and emotionally painful one unlike Ishii’s speedy roller-coaster movies. The film which depicts a homosexual relationship was success at the many film festival held in Japan. “Rusty Empty Can” is still shown at theatres today as it has become the pioneer of cult movies with devoted fans and approval from Nagisa Oshima and Shuji Terayama.Read More »
Yoshihiko Matsui
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Yoshihiko Matsui – Sabita kankara AKA Rusty Empty Can [uncut version] (1979)
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Yoshihiko Matsui – Tsuitô no zawameki AKA Noisy Requiem (1988)
1981-1990CultExperimentalJapanYoshihiko MatsuiMakoto, a youth bound to the slums of Osaka, murders brutally and often, hoarding the entrails he collects atop his rooftop shelter.Read More »
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Yoshihiko Matsui – Tonkei shinjû aka Pig-Chicken Suicide (1981)
1981-1990CultExperimentalJapanYoshihiko MatsuiDirected by Japanese underground legend Yoshihiko Matsui, most famous for his epic film Noisy Requiem and his early work with maverik Japanese director Sogo Ishii (Gojoe, Crazy Thunder Road), Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan who’s love is destroyed due to overwhelming racial discrimination.Read More »
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Yoshihiko Matsui – Tonkei shinjû aka Pig-Chicken Suicide (1981)
1981-1990CultExperimentalJapanYoshihiko MatsuiDirected by Japanese underground legend Yoshihiko Matsui, most famous for his epic film Noisy Requiem and his early work with maverik Japanese director Sogo Ishii (Gojoe, Crazy Thunder Road), Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan who’s love is destroyed due to overwhelming racial discrimination.Read More »