Programación Definitiva Del Japan Cult Cinema: Joyas Ocultas Del Cine Japonés (Del 26 Al 31 De Enero ‘06)

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Programación Definitiva Del Japan Cult Cinema: Joyas Ocultas Del Cine Japonés (Del 26 Al 31 De Enero ‘06) Enero de 2006 Programación definitiva del Japan Cult Cinema: Joyas Ocultas del Cine Japonés (del 26 al 31 de Enero ‘06) DIRECTOR KENJI MISUMI Nacido en Kyoto en 1921 fue uno de los máximos exponentes del género chambara, para el cual dirigió la mayoría de entregas de las populares sagas Lone Wolf and Cub y Sleepy Eyes of Death. Otras de sus películas más importantes son algunas de las obras de terror clásico que dirigiera durante los años 50 como Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred (1958) o Yotsuya Ghost Story (1959). Dos entregas de la serie Lone Wolf and Cub serían remontadas y distribuidas internacionalmente en un film llamado Shogun Assassin, que ha servido de inspiración a multitud de cineastas, entre los que se encuentra Quentin Tarantino. El film batiría récords de taquilla convirtiendo a Kenji Misumi en icono del género en 1980, cinco años después de la muerte del realizador. 1- FIGHT ZATOICHI, FIGHT Dir: Kenji Misumi. Con Shintaro Katsu, Hizuru Takachiku, Nobuo Kaneko, Yoshi Kato, Toranosuke Tennoji. Daiei. 1964. Chambara. Ichi, un sencillo palanquín (mozo de carga), es atacado por cuatro yakuzas que intentan acabar con su vida. Accidentalmente, en la pelea, resulta muerta una mujer que pasaba casualmente por allí con su bebé. Ichi decide continuar su viaje con el niño, en un intento de encontrar al padre, el yakuza Unosuke. Fight, Zatoichi, Fight es una de las mejores películas de la serie del espadachín ciego (cuyo famoso remake alcanzó una popularidad inmensa en occidente de la mano de Takeshi Kitano), lo cual es decir mucho, teniendo en cuenta la altísima calidad de todos los films que componen la saga. Pase: Película inaugural. Jueves 26, a las 22:00h, Sala 3. Duración: 87’. Repetición: Viernes 27, a las 22:00h, Sala 2. 2- ON THE ROAD FOREVER Dir: Kenji Misumi. Con Raizo Ichikawa, Jun Fujimaki, Kenjiro Ishiyama. Daiei. 1964. Chambara. El joven yakuza Ipponmatsu, que está buscando a su padre, se encuentra por casualidad con un samurai llamado Kuroki, que también busca a su progenitor, desaparecido tras haber sido acusado de robo. Esta película es de estilo matatabi (yakuzas errantes). Ciertos aspectos de ella nos recuerdan a los spaghetti-western: el héroe solitario, el pueblo aparentemente desér- tico, el sol poniente en el que tienen lugar los duelos, ese toque de aspereza. Pase: Domingo 29, a las 20:15h, Sala 2. Duración 89’. Repetición: Lunes 30, a las 22:00h, Sala 3. C/ Rubió i Balaguer, nº79, 5º3ª 08035 Barcelona Enero de 2006 DIRECTOR KINJI FUKASAKU Fallecido en el 2003 cuando rodaba la segunda parte de la película que le abrió las puertas de una nueva generación de fans en Occidente, Battle Royale, Fukasaku ha sido un revolucionario del cine japonés comercial, al que insufló de un estilo personal y trasgresor, violento, pero al mismo tiempo cercano, donde la vanguardia visual acompañaba a los temas más populares. Películas estrenadas en España como Kang Samurai (1978), Invasores del Espacio (1978), Virus (1980) o La Leyenda de los 8 Samuráis (1982), son sólo la punta del iceberg de una filmografía imprescindible que contiene algunos de los mejores clásicos del cine de gángsters japonés, así como una serie de chambaras que han hecho historia. 1- BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR & HUMANITY: THE YAKUZA PAPERS Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase, Nobuo Kaneko. Toei. 1973. Gángsters. Basada en una historia real, esta primera entrega de la serie Yakuza Papers es un viaje sobre la aparición de los yakuza en el Japón de la posguerra. Este es un film perfecto en muchos aspectos. Te agarra en los primeros minutos arrastrándote hasta el desenlace. Refleja maravillosamente un tiempo y un lugar determinados con unas actuaciones excelentes. Pase: Viernes 27, a las 22:00h, Sala 3. Duración 99’. Repetición: Sábado 28, a las 22:00h, Sala 2 / Mártes 31, a las 20:15h, Sala 2. 2- COPS VS THUGS Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Seizo Fukumoto, Nobuo Kaneko, Yôko Koizumi, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara. Toei. 1975. Gángsters. El detective Kuno tiene su propia idea de cómo mantener a estas bandas bajo control, pero cuando uno de sus superiores decide que hay que comenzar un nuevo plan de acciones, todo comienza a desmoronarse. Para cuando rodó Cops vs Thugs, Fukasaku ya había hecho mucho más que redefinir el género del cine de yakuzas. Cops vs Thugs es una de las películas más enloquecidas de la carrera del realizador japonés, donde explora cómo los policías y los gángsters se mueven por las reglas y el honor. Pase: Jueves 26, a las 20:15h, Sala 2. Duración 101’. Repetición: Viernes 27, a las 18:30h, Sala 3 / Martes 31, a las 20:15h, Sala 3 3- GREED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Koji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Ryohei Uchida. Toei. 1961. Thriller policíaco. Miyahara, que colabora con la base del ejército americano, está planeando asaltar un furgón blindado que transporta una importante suma de dinero. Un grupo de delincuentes le ayuda en su empeño, incluyendo a dos americanos y un coreano. Tras conseguir su objetivo no tardarán en enfrentarse entre ellos. Greed in Broad Daylight (primera película de Fukasaku) deja claro que los temas centrales del cine de Kinji Fukasaku ya estaban anunciados desde sus comienzos más tempranos. Pase: Domingo 29, a las 18:30h, Sala 3. Duración 82’. Repetición: Lunes 30, a las 18:30h, Sala 2. C/ Rubió i Balaguer, nº79, 5º3ª 08035 Barcelona Enero de 2006 4- JAPAN ORGANIZED CRIME BOSS Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Koji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Ryohei Uchida. Toei. 1969. Gángsters. El mundo de los yakuzas debe enseñar sus cartas, y decidir si se enfrenta o no al despiadado clan Danno de Osaka, que quiere obtener el control absoluto del crimen en Japón. Japan Organized Crime Boss fue una de las primeras incursiones de Kinji Fukasaku en el género del crimen organizado japonés controlado por la yakuza. Esta película, como la mayoría de su obra, presenta personajes extremos, empujados a los límites de la moralidad. Pase: Viernes 27, a las 20:15h, Sala 3. Duración 96’. Repetición: Domingo 29, a las 18:30h, Sala 2. 5- STREET MOBSTER Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Ando, Mayumi Nagisa, Asao Koike, Noboru Mitani. Toei. 1972. Gángsters. Isamu Okita (Bunta Sugawara) tiene un temperamento que le lleva a meterse en demasiados problemas. De joven es enviado a prisión y al salir forma su propia banda de maleantes. Una banda que interferirá en los negocios del clan Takigawa, provocando una inminente guerra de bandas. Kinji Fukasaku ofrece su visión poética del mundo del hampa con escenas estilizadas de violencia descarnada y gráficas violaciones. El director japonés ofrecería al mundo en Street Mobster una película de yakuzas mucho más sádica de lo visto hasta el momento. Pase: Jueves 26, a las 22:00h, Sala 2. Duración 92’. Repetición: Virenes 27, a las 18:30h, Sala 2 / Lunes 30, a las 20:15h, Sala 3. 6- SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Koji Tsuruta, Noboru Ando, Kenji Imai, Akiko Kudo, Kenjiro Morokado, Tomisaburo Wakayama. Toei. 1971. Gángsters. Gunji, un yakuza envejecido y liberado tras pasar 10 años en prisión, quiere reunir a su antigua banda para recuperar su lugar en el mundo del crimen de Yokohama. Mientras la saga creada por Fukasaku bajo el epígrafe Battles Without Honor and Humanity se basaba firmemente en las tradiciones de los yakuzas cimentadas en el honor y lo tradicional, Sympathy for the Underdog está más inspirada por el cine negro americano de los años 30 y 40, quizás reflejando la compleja relación de influencia entre los japoneses y americanos en Okinawa en el tiempo de la producción de esta película. Pase: Sábado 28, a las 20:15h, Sala 2. Duración 93’. Repetición: Martes 31, a las 22:00h, Sala 3. 7- YAGYU CONSPIRACY Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Etsuko Shiomi, Hiroyuki Sanada. Toei. 1978. Chambara. Año 1624. Japón se enfrenta a la incertidumbre de una sucesión, tras la muerte del Shogun actual. Su hijo mayor, Iemetsu, debería ser quien ocupara el cargo, pero el hijo más joven, Tadanaga, tiene el respaldo de uno de los Señores más poderosos. Yagyu Cosnpiracy es una película larga y que recompensa a quien la ve. Las conspiraciones de la época de los samuráis hacen del film una experiencia que todo el mundo debería disfrutar al máximo. No necesita que nadie inserte un eslogan del tipo “si te gustó tal entonces esta...” para venderla. Si no la has visto, no te la pierdas. Punto. Pase: Sábado 28, a las 22:00h, Sala 3. Duración 130’. Repetición: Domingo 29, a las 22:00h, Sala 2 / Martes 31, a las 22:00h, Sala 2. C/ Rubió i Balaguer, nº79, 5º3ª 08035 Barcelona Enero de 2006 8- YAKUZA GRAVEYARD Dir: Kinji Fukasaku. Con Seizo Fukumoto, Meiko Kaji, Takuzo Kawatani, Hideo Murota, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsuya Watari. Toei. 1976. Gángsters. Kuroiwa, un policía de Osaka con una complicada vida privada y un saludable desprecio por sus superiores. Su vida se ve realmente comprometida cuando se enamora de la esposa de un jefe de la yakuza. Yakuza Graveyard fue una de las últimas películas de Fukasaku en explorar el universo del crimen organizado de la yakuza. Para ella contó con su guionista fetiche del género, Kazuo Kasahara, quien escribiría también su film anterior. La dirección de Fukasaku se encuentra en plena forma, dotando a la película de un aire semidocumental que añade mayor realismo al film. Pase: Sábado 28, a las 18:30h, Sala 3. Duración 96’. Repetición: Lunes 30, a las 20:15h, Sala 2. DIRECTOR SADAO YAMANAKA Pionero del cine japonés, nace en Kyoto en 1909, demostrando una temprana afición por el mundo del celuloide y dirigiendo su primera película comercial en 1932, a la edad de 23 años con Iso no Genta.
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