6.4.05
Kinji Fukasaku: Under the Flag of the Rising Sun - US-DVD angekündigt
Der us-amerikanische Anbieter Homevision Entertainment kündigt für den kommenden Juni eine DVD von Kinji Fukasakus Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japan 1972) an. Das Label beschreibt den Film wie folgt:
Sachiko Hidari gives a towering performance in Kinji Fukasaku’s devastating anti-war drama as Mrs.Togashi, a war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband’s garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband’s conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth. “Until my husband can rest in peace,” she proclaims, “I’ll have no comfort.” Thus begins a Rashomon-like mystery that unfolds in harrowing flashbacks, punctuated by archival still combat images that convey the brutality and absurdity of war.
Für das Bonusmaterial wird ein Essay von Tom Mes (Autor bei Midnight Eye), ein Audiokommentar der Fukasaku-Untertitlerin Linda Hoaglund und ein Interview mit dem Fukasaku-Schüler Yamane Sadao angkündigt.
Weiterhin könnte auch die Veröffentlichung von Ronin Gai interessant sein. Das 1992 entstandene Samuraidrama fand international große Beachtung. Weitere Informationen hier.
Sachiko Hidari gives a towering performance in Kinji Fukasaku’s devastating anti-war drama as Mrs.Togashi, a war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband’s garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband’s conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth. “Until my husband can rest in peace,” she proclaims, “I’ll have no comfort.” Thus begins a Rashomon-like mystery that unfolds in harrowing flashbacks, punctuated by archival still combat images that convey the brutality and absurdity of war.
Für das Bonusmaterial wird ein Essay von Tom Mes (Autor bei Midnight Eye), ein Audiokommentar der Fukasaku-Untertitlerin Linda Hoaglund und ein Interview mit dem Fukasaku-Schüler Yamane Sadao angkündigt.
Weiterhin könnte auch die Veröffentlichung von Ronin Gai interessant sein. Das 1992 entstandene Samuraidrama fand international große Beachtung. Weitere Informationen hier.