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Blu-ray Review: KWAIDAN, Sensational, Surreal Colors Of An Ancient Japanese World
From the opening moments of 1965's ghostly anthology Kwaidan, the viewer experiences a dissonant display of color and atmosphere matched only by its precisely sparse experimental musical score (courtesy of Takemitsu Toru). Recounting four disparate yet separate classical ghost stories from...
NIKKATSU NOIR: Seijun Suzuki's TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN
Seijun Suzuki started as a contract director for Nikkatsu in 1956. By the time 1960 rolled around, which was the year Take Aim at the Police Van was released, Suzuki had over a dozen films to his credit. Suzuki's entry...
