The Great Duel

[Aaron Gerow]

At Yale University this week, one of the great examples of shudan  
kosogeki:

Thursday, February 28, 2008       7:00 PM
SPRING 2008 JAPAN FILM SERIES
The Great Duel
(Daisatsujin)
Directed by Eichi Kudo (1964, 35mm, English Subtitles)
Room 106, 212 York Street

Prints Courtesy of the Japan Foundation

Leading a new wave in samurai cinema in the 1960s, Kudo Eiichi  
masterfully weaves together multiple tragedies sparked by political  
intrigue, culminating in a tour de force of mass action and anarchic  
violence. A ferocious and riveting condemnation of the feudal samurai  
state.


Aaron Gerow
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
53 Wall Street, Room 316
PO Box 208363
New Haven, CT 06520-8363
USA
Phone: 1-203-432-7082
Fax: 1-203-432-6764
e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu