Nikkatsu Action line-up for Udine

[mark schilling]

After weeks of agonizing, I've finally decided the line-up for the Nikkatsu
Action retrospective at this year's Udine Far East Film Festival (4/22~29).
As far as my Nikkatsu liaison and I know, there are subbed prints for three
of the sixteen films we plan to screen: "Ore ni Sawaru to Abunai ze" (Black
Tights Killers, 1966), "Kurenai no Nagareboshi" (Velvet Hustler, 1967) and
"Nora Neko Rock -- Sex Hunter" (Stray Cat Rock -- Sex Hunter, 1970).

My question to KineJapaners: Are there any more out there? I plan to screen
Hasebe's "Arakure," but not the film Home Vision Entertainment has released
on subbed DVD under that title, translating it as "Bloody Territories." (The
true Japanese title is "Koiki Boryoku Ryuketsu no Shima.")

Thanks!
Mark Schilling

Nikkatsu Action line-up

1. Akai Hatoba (Red Quay, 1958), dir: Masuda Toshio, cast: Ishihara Yujiro
2. Sabita Knife (Rusty Knife, 1958) dir: Masuda Toshio, cast: Ishihara
Yujiro, Kobayashi
Akira, Shishido Jo
3. Akai Handkerchief (Red Handkerchief, 1964), dir: Masuda Toshio, cast:
Ishihara
Yujiro

4. Hayauchi Yaro (Fast Draw Guy, 1961), dir: Nomura Takashi, cast: Shishido
Jo
5. Rokudenashi Kagyo (Dirty Work, 1961), dir: Saito Buichi, cast: Shishido
Jo
6. Mina Goroshi no Kenju (Deadly Pistol, 1967), dir: Hasebe Yasuharu, cast:
Shishido Jo
7. Glass no Johnny (Glass Johnny, 1962) dir: Kurahara Koreyoshi, cast:
Shishido Jo

8. Daisogen no Wataridori (Wanderer on the Great Plains, 1960), dir: Saito
Buichi, cast:
Kobayashi Akira
9. Ore ni Sawaru to Abuanai ze (Black Tights Killers, 1966) dir: Hasebe
Yasuharu, cast:
Kobayashi Akira
10. Arakure (Roughneck, 1969) dir: Hasebe Yasuharu, cast: Kobayashi Akira

11. Kurenai no Nagareboshi (Velvet Hustler, 1967), dir: Masuda Toshio, cast:
Watari
Tetsuya
12. Burai Yori Daikanbu (The Gangster VIP, 1968) dir: Masuda Toshio, cast:
Watari
Tetsuya

13. Kenju Buraicho Nukiuchi no Ryu (Pistol Diary: Quick Draw Ryu, 1960) dir:
Noguchi
Hiroshi, cast: Akagi Keiichiro
14. Kurenai no Kenju (Red Pistol, 1961) dir: Ushihara Yoichi, cast: Akagi
Keiichiro

15: Kyonetsu no Kisetsu (Season of Heat, 1960) dir: Kurahara Koreyoshi,
cast: Kawachi
Tomio

16. Nora Neko Rock -- Sex Hunter (Stray Cat Rock -- Sex Hunter, 1970) dir:
Hasebe
Toshiya, cast: Fuji Tatsuya, Kaji Meiko

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <gerowaaron at sbcglobal.net>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: Eigei Best Ten (E+J)


> The Winter 2005 issue (no. 410) of Eiga geijutsu is out with the
> results of their poll of critics of the best ten films of 2004. I
> announced the actual ranking earlier, but what was interesting is that
> the top three films:
>
> > 1) Yuda (Zeze Takahisa)
> > 2) Chi to hone (Sai Yoichi)
> > 3) Dare mo shiranai (Koreeda Hirokazu)
>
> were separated by only two votes: 98 for Yuda, 97 for Chi, and 96 for
> Dare mo. As I predicted, Dare mo was hurt by worst ten votes, which are
> subtracted from best ten votes (it would have come in first otherwise).
>
> The results of the poll for the Worst Ten films of 2005 were also
> announced:
>
> 1) Sekai no chushin de, ai o sakebu (Yukisada Isao)
> 2) Kakushiken, oni no tsumi (Yamada Yoji)
> 3) Shinibana (Inudo Isshin)
> 4) Kyo no dekigoto (Yukisada Isao)
> 4) Dare mo shiranai (Koreeda Hirokazu)
> 6) Devilman (Nasu Hiroyuki)
> 7) Akai tsuki (Furuhata Yasuo)
> 7) Steamboy (Otomo Katsuhiro)
> 9) Ima, ai ni yukimasu (Doi Nobuhiro)
> 9) Chi to hone (Sai Yoichi)
>
> Aaron Gerow
> KineJapan owner
>
> Assistant Professor
> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
> Yale University
>
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