Horrors of Malformed Men

[Laura Treglia]

Hijikata appears in Teruo Ishii's Kaidan Nobori Ryū (1970), aka Blind  
Woman's Curse -  starring Meiko Kaji - as the macabre hunchback  
servant of a blind swordswoman. It's a secondary role, but he's quite  
effective in his performance...

Best
Laura


Il giorno 22/lug/10, alle ore 18:39, Peter Larson ha scritto:

> Exactly what I suspected. I couldn't see how it could have been
> released in theaters, but thereafter be "banned" from being released
> again by some governmental body. Of course, using "banned" makes for
> better sales than "studio was too weak-kneed to release it."
>
> Are there any other films which have made use of Tatsumi Hijikata in
> any worthwhile capacity?
>
> Pete
>
> On 7/22/10, Don Brown <ryuganji at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As I understand it, the film was never banned per se, but rather  
>> Toei were
>> simply reluctant to give it a freer reign due to a perceived risk  
>> of being
>> attacked for being discriminatory against "malformed" people. In  
>> other
>> words, it's the old *jishu kisei* chestnut that keeps it and other  
>> films
>> from being shown or brought out on DVD due to the corporate  
>> culture of fear
>> against potential complaints rather than actual ones.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> 2010/7/22 Peter Larson <pslarson2 at gmail.com>
>>
>>>  That may be a reason why it was "banned", but our question is,  
>>> who does
>>> the banning?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2010/07/22 5:22, Jim Harper wrote:
>>>
>>>   According to Patrick Macias' Tokyoscope, the main issue was the
>>> depiction of mutation and deformity.
>>>
>>> Jim.
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu, 22/7/10, Peter Larson
>>> <pslarson2 at gmail.com><pslarson2 at gmail.com>
>>> * wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> To solve a household mystery, could someone tell us how Ishii's  
>>> superb
>>> "Horrors of Malformed Men" was "banned"?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>







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