NYC Happenings: This Fall's NYFF To Include 37 Film Retro. On Nikkatsu!
In addition to screenings of Billy Wyler's Ben-Hur and Nicholas Ray's We Can't Go Home Again in their Masterworks presentation the festival will present a 37 film retrospective of Japanese super studio Nikkatsu. Yup 37 films from the company's nearly 100 year history. Ambitious? You bet. A smart move? Absolutely. Outside of their recent partnership with NYAFF, The Film Society of Lincoln Center usually doesn't offer many Asian or genre-centered films, so this is indeed a very smart move, and hopefully just the tip of the iceberg for future programs.
Titles include Kon Ichikawa's seminal anti-war flick The Burmese Harp, 1927's A Diary of Chuji's Travels and the girl gang-backed Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter. ScreenAnarchy will be at the fest of course, and time permitting, perhaps we'll be able to fit in some coverage of the rarer offerings in this series. Meanwhile, you'll find the full list of films below (schedule forthcoming):
Nikkatsu 100th Anniversary Retrospective Lineup
AKANISHI KAKITA(1936) 77min
Director: Mansaku Itami
THE BURMESE HARP(Biruma no Tategoto) (1956) 115min
Director: Kon Ichikawa
CHARISMA(Karisuma) (1999) 103min
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
COLD FISH(Tsumetai Nettaigyo) (2010) 144min
Director: Sion Sono
A COLT IS MY PASSPORT(Colt ha Oreno Passport) (1967) 85min
Director: Takashi Nomura
CRAZED FRUIT(Kurutta Kajitsu) (1956) 86min
Director: Ko Nakahira
DANCER IN IZU(Izo no Odoriko) (1963) 87min
Director: Katsumi Nisikawa
A DIARY OF CHUJI'S TRAVELS(Chiji Tabi Nikki: Part 1 and Part 2) (1927) 107min
Director: Daisuke Ito
EARTH(1939) 92min
Director: Tomu Uchida
GATE OF FLESH(Nikutai no Mon) (1964) 90min
Director: Seijun Suzuki
THE HELL-FATED COURTESAN(Maruhi: Joro Seme Jigoku) (1973) 77min
Director: Noboru Tanaka
HOMETOWN(1930) 86min
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
I LOOK UP WHEN I WALK(aka KEEP YOUR CHIN UP) (Uewo Muite Arukou) (1962) 91min
Director: Toshio Masuda
INTENTIONS OF MURDER(Akai Satsui) (1964) 150min
Director: Shohei Imamura
INTIMIDATION(Aru Kyohaku) (1960) 65min
Director: Koreyosji Kurahara
LOVE HOTEL(1985) 88min
Director: Shinji Somae
MADE TO ORDER CLOTH(aka JIROKICHI THE RAT) (Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi) (1931) 70min
Director: Daisuke Ito
**Screening with:
JIRAIYA THE NINJA(Goketsu Jiraiya) (1921) 30min
Director: Shozo Makino
MUD AND SOLDIERS(Tsuchi to Heitai) (1936) 120min
Director: Tomotaka Tasaka
THE OLDEST PROFESSION(Maruhi: Shikiyo Mesu Ichiba) (1974) 83min
Director: Noboru Tanaka
PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS(Buta to Gunkan) (1961) 108min
Director: Shohei Imamura
A POT WORTH A MILLION RYO(Tange Sazen Hyakuman Ryou no Tsubo) (1935) 92min
Director: Sadao Yamanaka
RETALIATION(Shima ha Moratta) (1967) 94min
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
RUSTY KNIFE(Sabita Knife) (1958) 90min
Director: Toshio Masuda
SEASON OF THE SUN(Taiyo no Kisetsu) (1956) 89min
Director: Takumi Furukawa
SINGING LOVE BIRDS(Oshidori Uta Gassen) (1936) 69min
Director: Masahiro Makino
STRAY CAT ROCK: SEX HUNTER(Noraneko Rock: Sex Hunter) (1970) 86min
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
SUN IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE SHOGUNATE(aka Shinagawa Path) (Bakumatsu Taiyoden) (1957) 110min
Director: Yuzo Kawashima
SUZUKI PARADISE: RED LIGHT(Suzuki Paradise: Aka Shingo) (1956) 81min
Director: Yuzo Kawashima
TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN(Jusango Taihisen Yori: Sono Gososha wo Nerae) (1960) 79min
Director: Seijun Suzuki
THE TATTOOED FLOWER VASE(Kashinno Irezumi: Ureta Tsubo) (1979) 74min
Director: Masaru Konuma
TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS(Yume Juya) (2007) 110min
Director: Various
TILL WE MEET AGAIN(Ashita Kuru Hito) (1955) 115min
Director: Yuzo Kawashima
TOKYO DRIFTER(Tokyo Nagaremono) (1966) 83min
Director: Seijun Suzuki
THE WARPED ONES(1960) 108min
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR(Akai Kami no Onna) (1979) 73min
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro
A WORLD OF GEISHA(Yojyohan Fusuma no Urabari) (1973) 77min
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro
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