Nobuo Nakagawa

[Mathieu Saint-Pierre]

Hello!

I just watch a couple of Nubuo Nakagawa films too and they are really
amazing. The Ghost Cat House one is great and just take a close look
at the first travelling "opening" shot of the film... it's nearly 3 minutes 
and the film was made in 1959... 2 years only after A Touch Of Evil. Another 
movie I suggest you all if you like Nakagawa is Kaidan Kagamigafuchi (1959) 
aka The Ghosts Of Kagami Pond. by Masaki Mori. According to IMDB (which I 
have to admit, is not the best source for
infos on Japanese films) Masaki Mori only made 2-3 films...
Perhaps someone can give us more information on that particular director and 
the other movies he made?

Mathieu St-Pierre
SUKUBUS inc.


>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


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