As I understand it, the film was never banned per se, but rather Toei were simply reluctant to give it a freer reign due to a perceived risk of being attacked for being discriminatory against "malformed" people. In other words, it's the old <i>jishu kisei</i> chestnut that keeps it and other films from being shown or brought out on DVD due to the corporate culture of fear against potential complaints rather than actual ones. <br>
<br>Don<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/22 Peter Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pslarson2@gmail.com">pslarson2@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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That may be a reason why it was "banned", but our question is, who does
the banning?<br>
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<div>Hello all,<br>
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To solve a household mystery, could someone tell us how Ishii's superb
"Horrors of Malformed Men" was "banned"?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Pete<br>
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