Articles/work on modern Japanese horror

[Alex Zahlten]

Hi Jasper,

I've seen Ogawa Kinya's "Kaidan barabara Yurei" (if I remember the title 
correctly) parts 1 and 3; hybrid is exactly the right word for the films 
on several levels. He is definitely exploring the different techniques of 
horror, with one film concentrating on more "psychological" methods, and 
the other featuring a long, gruesome, and effective dismemberment scene.

But the films aren't played straight throughout, dissolving into 
hysterical and hallucinatory scenes as soon as the revenging ghost starts 
to appear- there is a campy joy of going too far that is a real break from 
the first three quarters of the films. 
And, of course, they are part-color Pink Films, and the color sections are 
used both for the "erotic" scenes and the horror scenes.

Again, this is only if I remember correctly, but I believe both were 
centered around family conflicts, mostly involving a greedy group doing 
away with the innocent daughter before she can inherit some money, left by 
the benevolent but absent (i.e. dead) father figure. She then comes back 
to haunt them.

Best,

Alex

 



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> Von: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Re: Articles/work on modern Japanese horror
> Datum: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 0:10:41 +0900
> 
> Sorry I can't be of much assistance about this query, but I think the 
one
> thing to say about Japanese horror in the 80s is that there wasn't a lot
> of
> it. There does however seem to have been a treasure trove (not sure if
> that's the perhaps the right term) of V-cinema horror releases from this
> period, with stuff like Jouji Iida's Cyclops immediately springing to
> mind.
> Much of this seems to have slipped past the Western radar.
> 
> On this subject, I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the
> ero-horrors
> of Ogawa Kinya, a director whose films were distributed by the pink
> company
> OP Productions in the 60s. I never see these discussed at all in the
> context
> of J-Horror, but it seems from the jmdb
> (http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0174890.htm) that he was quite active in
> these ghostly eroduction hybrids in the 60s. It constantly amazes me how
> many stones are left unturned when it comes to Japanese film history.
> Anyone
> seen any of these?
> 
> For more info see: http://www.ds-pro.net/v-shop/dvd_01.html
> 
> Not much help to the original question, I know!
> 
> Jasper
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> --------- Original Message --------
> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> To: Kine Japan <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Articles/work on modern Japanese horror
> Date: 13/01/06 14:39
> 
> > Hello KineJapaners,  &nbsp;  There has been quite a few requests for
> help
> with articles and sources, so I apologize for sending another one!  
&nbsp;
> Does anybody know where I can find articles or books covering Japanese
> horror in the 1980s? A reasonable amount has been written about the
> developments of the past decade or so, but the eighties seem to have 
been
> shortchanged somewhat. I already have Jack Hunter's Eros in Hell, Stuart
> Galbraith's Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, Pete
> Tomb's
> Mondo Macabro, Patrick Macias' Tokyoscope. Jay McRoy's Japanese Horror
> Cinema&nbsp;and Thomas Weisser's Essential Handbooks. Is anyone aware of
> any
> articles or texts that cover this genre/period?  &nbsp;  Thanks for your
> time!  &nbsp;  Jim
> Harper.http://www.flipsidemovies.comhttp://jimharper.blogspot.com
> >
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