Yumiko Mitome

  • Akio Jissoji – Yoiyami semareba aka When Twilight Draws Near (1969)

    1961-1970Akio JissojiAsianDramaJapan

    Here’s Jissoji Akio’s impressive theatrical debut. Distributed by ATG and with a script by Oshima Nagisa, it’s a fascinating dissection of 1960s Japanese youth angst. Oshima wrote the screenplay for television in 1964, but due to the subversiveness of the story it never got made there. Which doesn’t come as a surprise, considering that the film consists of four students in a room, who decide to leave the gas on and bet money on who will stay there the longest…Read More »

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