[KineJapan] Jissoji Akio retrospective now on in Kyoto

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

A retrospective of 26 of Jissoji Akio's films and early 1960's TV works on the tenth anniversary of his death is now being held at the Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan. It has been organized by the Jissoji Akio kenkyukai. It started on the 29th of November and runs to the 11th of December. Entry for each film is 1000 yen. There are a few screenings of a new 30-minute documentary film, Kantoku Jissoji Akio, on the director. 

Four Jissoji 25-minute TBS TV drams from 1962 and 1963 reveal interesting camerawork with long handheld takes and other features unusual for TV at the time. The themes mostly dealt with the complex psychology of pregnant unmarried teenage women who were trying to decide whether to have an abortion - sometimes the identity of the father is in doubt. This theme turns up in some of Jissoji's late ATG films. The first of the TV episodes had a script by Oshima.

The Kenkyukai hopes to continue to promote the study and screening of Jissoji's many works ranging from Ultraman to ATG films, and Teito monogatari.

Paul Berry
Kyoto

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