"A brilliant stylistic exercise on a sensual subject."-Max Tessier, film scholarĭir. In Pleasures, a lovesick young man entrusted with a case of money belonging to an imprisoned bureaucrat embarks on a year of sexual fantasies and indulgence. In a career spanning four decades, Oshima ( Cruel Story of Youth, In the Realm of the Senses) has made some of the most memorable as well as formally and politically provocative films highlighting outcasts, criminals and rebellious youth in Japanese film history. (All films in Japanese with English subtitles.)ĭir. These diverging voices reflect acute attitudes toward a changing Japan, a sense of exploration, with hints of tradition. This series showcases a sampling of films representative of this period. Politically radical New Wave films, formally vigorous art films, and mainstream genre films were produced side-by-side contributing to the vibrancy of the industry. The decade of the '60s produced a wide array and high quantity of films that made it the golden age of Japanese cinema.
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