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Junzaburo Ban, Ken Takakura, Rentaro Mikuni

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Unrated, 3 hrs. 3 min.

Directed by: Tomu Uchida

Release Date: January 15, 1965

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  • columbiatch
    May 25, 2008
    columbiatch
    Highly impressive. Uchida has to be one of the most imaginative and versatile Japanese directors of his time. The narrative is brilliantly split into 3 parts. The feverish first part takes place in immediate postwar Japan where a criminal is on the run from a heinous murder with ...( read more)a large sum of cash. The second part shifts completely to another character and the film takes on a new direction as it explores the underbelly of postwar urban life. The third part becomes a fascinating character study as the narrative converges again. The camerawork is very stylish and Uchida uses the same long fluid take aesthetic as he used in The Mad Fox. The technical aspects of the film are undeniably impressive. The film does have some flaws like the occasional unnecessary exposition, an abrupt ending, and I thought the psychological trauma of the main character feels underwritten. The film is more similar to the more modern Japanese films of Imamura than the earlier style of Bloody Spear at Mt. Fuji. A good comparison can be made between this and Imamura's Vengeance is Mine.

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