ikiru parody

[Ted Mills]

This is taken from Ken-chan's Jpop newsletter:

>Dankan (39), a member of Takeshi Gundan (a comedian
>band of Beat Takeshi) was awarded for his film at Locarno Film Festival
>of Switzerland.  The film is titled "Ikinai," directed by Hiroshi
>Shimizu and written by Dankan.  "Ikinai" (I Won't Live) is a parody of
>Akira Kurosawa's film "Ikiru" (I Will Live).

Has anyone heard or seen of this, and can anyone comment about parody films
in Japanese culture? I've heard about a nikku-roman porno version of Ozu,
but never seen it to know if it's a parody per se, or just an appropriated
style.


Ted

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