Nobuo Nakagawa

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Cyril mentioned recent releases of Nakagawa Nobuo films.  I think many of
KineJapan will be glad to hear that Beam has released Nakagawa's Tokaido
Yotsuya Kaidan, a true tour-de-force within the Yotsuya kaidan tradition.
And it has English subtitles.   The only copy that I had seen to date was a
video transfer from a print that itself had suffered serious degradation.
It's great to see this spectacular film in better shape.  My students
enjoyed it--and that was the pre-DVD version!

But, yes, I concur with Cyril.  With the recent late 50s releases by Beam of
Ghost of Cat Pon, Mother Tree, Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, one wonders if the
ghost genre of other periods will see the light of re-release.


Jonathan



> From: "Descans Cyril" <descan at noos.fr>
> Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:56:42 +0200
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: ever heard about Nobuo Nakagawa ?
> 
> Hi !
> 
> I'm new to this list and I would like to know if anyone out there has seen
> movies about Nobuo Nakagawa ?
> 
> I've recently purchased dvds from Beam Entertainment / Eclipse Films which
> have been released in Japan. These were the five ones dedicated to the
> horror movies directed by the great Nobuo Nakagawa.
> 
> It seems quite hard to get to see ghost and horror movies from the
> 1960/1970 years. Kaiju eiga are easier to put an eye on...
> 
> I'm still waiting to get the chance to see movies like "Kyuketsuki
> Gokemidoro" (aka Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell) by Hajime Sato (1968),
> "Yokai hyaku monogatari" (aka The Hundred Ghost Stories) by Kimiyoshi Yasuda
> (1968) or "Hausu" (aka House) by Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977).
> 
> It gets even harder to see such films when you want to see them uncut, in
> japanese language and english (or french...) subtitles !
> 
> Though my favourite japanese movie so long is probably "Seppuku" by Masaki
> Kobayashi I'm mainly interested in what some may call "cult" movies. One
> other favourite of mine is "Jigoku" by Nobuo Nakagawa.
> 
> I'll be happy to talk about such movies and others with you on the
> KineJapan ML !
> 
> Cyril
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