The Eclipse Viewer - Episode 45 - The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 2]

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This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this first episode of a two-part series, David and Trevor are joined by Pablo Knote to discuss two films (Black Sun and Thirst for Love) from Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara.

About the films:

Over the course of his varied career, Koreyoshi Kurahara made meticulous noirs, jazzy juvenile-delinquency pictures, and even nature films. His free-form approach to moviemaking was perfectly suited to the radical spirit of the 1960s, when he was one of the biggest hit makers working at the razzle-dazzle, youth-oriented Nikkatsu studios. The five films collected here hail from that era of the Japanese New Wave, and encompass breathless teen escapades, cruel crime stories, a Yukio Mishima adaptation, and even a Hollywood-inspired romantic comedy.

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Episode Links

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Box Set Reviews

Black Sun

David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series review
The Tokyo Files (important background on the film, its locations and the career of Chico Roland/Laurent)
Cinemascope
Wild Grounds
Reddit
Filmbalaya
J-Film PowWow
William Cummings/JapanCinema.net
Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear

Thirst for Love

Next time on the podcast: Eclipse Series 20: George Bernard Shaw on Film

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Pablo Knote ( Introducing Pablo [mini-bio] / Eastern Kicks [English] / Nippon-Kino [German] )

The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 45 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 2]