Japanese Releases on 26/2/2000

[August Ragone]

> From: "Mark Schilling" <schill at gol.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:48:04 +0900 
> 
>Stephen asked about Asian film releases in Tokyo this weekend. He's got
>everything on his list but something called "Hakkyu Suru Kuchibiru" ("Crazy
>Lips"?) by Hirohisa Sasaki, who wrote the script for "Ring." Omega Project
>is the production company. The blurb in Pia describes the film as
>"...erotic, grotesque and pop." Interesting combination, what?  

Reminds me of the Japanese cinema catch-phrase of the 1950s: "Ero, Guro,
Nansensu" (Erotic, Grotesque, Nonsense). This was applied to the films that
came after the Occupation was lifted, in adaptations such as the stories by
Edogawa Rampo and Yokomizu Seishi.

August Ragone
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