Eclipse from the Criterion Collection

The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara

Edition no. 28

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Release Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $69.95

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Nikkatsu Co.

Directed by: Koreyoshi Kurahara

Featuring: Nobuo Kaneko, Tamio Kawachi, Yujiro Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Mari Shiraki, Eiji Go, Chico Roland, Nobuo Nakamura, Akira Nishimura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Yuko Chishiro, Tetsuo Ishidate, Kojiro Kusanagi, Noriko Matsumoto, Izumi Ashikawa, Tatsuya Fuji, Akira Yamauchi, Zenji Yamada, Shogen Nitta, Chitose Kurenai, Jun Hamamura, Reiko Arai, Asao Koike, Yûko Kusunoki, Yoko Kozono, Hideji Otaki, Asao Sano

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.

Year: 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1967
Time: 65 | 75 | 105 | 95 | 99 min.