A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Action and Anarchy: The Films of Seijun Suzuki
November 6 - 17, 2015
Nearly a decade after being fired by Nikkatsu Studios, Suzuki returned with this titillating tale about a model turned professional golfer and, subsequently, the victim of a deranged fan’s blackmail scheme.
Nearly a decade after being fired by Nikkatsu Studios, Suzuki returned to the director’s chair with this titillating tale of a model who is groomed to become a professional golfer as a publicity stunt. When she turns out to be good at the sport, her success leads a deranged fan to hatch a blackmail scheme. “Riddled with the director’s wildly non-conformist use of non-contiguous edits, unhinged shot composition, and violent splashes of colour, crazed and chaotic and for too long buried in the sand bunkers of obscurity, this long-overlooked work simply cries out for revival” (Jasper Sharp, Midnight Eye). Print courtesy of the Japan Foundation.
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