Kiyoshi Kurosawa
dal 12/7/2001 al 15/7/2001
Segnalato da
12/7/2001
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
American Cinematheque, Los Angeles
The American Cinematheque, in association with Cowboy Booking International, presents the film series Breaking genres with japanese director Kiyoshi kurosawa. Kurosawa will appear in person for post-screening discussions about his films in this first Los Angeles retrospective of his work. The series will be highlighted by an exclusive Sneak Preview of CURE, a stunning re-working of the serial killer genre.
One of the most internationally-acclaimed filmmakers to emerge from Japan since the early
1970's, director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a minimalist master at subverting and reinventing film
genres, turning psychological thrillers (CURE), yakuza crime dramas (EYE OF THE
SPIDER, THE SERPENT'S PATH), and even occult horror films (CHARISMA) into his own
mysterious, tantalizingly elliptical musings on the known and the unknown, what is (un)seen
and what is (mis)understood. "The themes of my films? Stories of men and women whose
value systems are shattered by a particular event, which utterly undermines their sense of
self," Kurosawa has observed.
Born in Kobe, Japan in 1955, Kurosawa (no relation to director Akira) was weaned on
American action films by such hardboiled masters as Sam Peckinpah, Robert Aldrich and
Don Siegel. He began his career grinding out low-budget sex and action films, including THE
EXCITEMENT OF THE DO-RE-MI-FA GIRL starring friend and mentor Juzo Itami
(TAMPOPO), which proved too "unerotic" to be distributed by studio Nikkatsu! Since then,
Kurosawa has turned out an astonishing number of films for both theatrical and
straight-to-video release, making him one of the most prolific and unpredictable directors
working in Japan today. With the American release of his most acclaimed film, CURE, by
Cowboy Booking, Kurosawa seems poised at the brink of popular international success and
Recognition.
Friday, July 13 - 7:00 PM
CURE, 1998, Cowboy Booking, 115 min.
Friday, July 13 - 9:45 PM
THE REVENGE - A VISIT FROM FATE ( FUKUSHU - UNMEI NO MONONSHA) 1996,
KSS, 83 min.
THE REVENGE - THE SCAR THAT NEVER FADES (FUKUSHU - KIENAI KIZUATO)
1996, KSS, 80 min.
Saturday, July 14 - 5:00 PM
CHARISMA, 1999, Nikkatsu, 103 min. Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Saturday, July 14 - 7:45 PM
EYE OF THE SPIDER (KUMO NO HITOMI), 1997, Daiei, 83 min.
SERPENT'S PATH (HEBI NO MICHI), 1997, Daiei, 85 min.
Sunday, July 15 - 5:00 PM
SEANCE, 1999, Twins Japan/Miro Vision, 97 min.
LICENSE TO LIVE (NINGEN GOKAKU), 1999, Daiei, 109 min.
Double features are one ticket price for both films. There is a five minute break between films.
American Cinematheque
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