When horror came to Shochiku
Following years of a certain radioactive beast's domination at the box office, many Japanese studios tried to replicate the formula with their own brands of monster movies. One of the most fascinating, if short-lived, dives into that fiendish deep end was the one by Shochiku, a studio better kn...
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| Sprache: | Japanese |
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The Criterion Collection
© 2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | Eclipse
Series 37 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Following years of a certain radioactive beast's domination at the box office, many Japanese studios tried to replicate the formula with their own brands of monster movies. One of the most fascinating, if short-lived, dives into that fiendish deep end was the one by Shochiku, a studio better known for elegant dramas by the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu. In 1967 and 1968, the company created four certifiably batty, low-budget fantasies, tales haunted by watery ghosts, plagued by angry insects, and stalked by aliens -- including one in the form of a giant chicken-lizard. Shochiku's outrageous and oozy horror period shows a studio leaping into the unknown, even if only for one brief, bloody moment |
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| Beschreibung: | 4 videodiscs (336 min.) sound, color and black and white 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD, widescreen (2.24:1, 16:9) presentation; Dolby digital mono., NTSC. |
| Produktionsangaben: | The X From Outer Space: director, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; producer, Wataru Nakajima ; screenplay, Eibu Motomochi, Moriyoshi Ishida, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase, Sentura Okoshi ; editor, Yoshi Sugihara ; music, Taku Izumi Goke, The Body Snatcher From Hell: director, Hajime Sato ; producer, Akira Inomata ; screenplay, Susumu Takahisa, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase ; editor, Akimitsu Terada ; music, Shunsuke Kikuchi The Living Skeleton: director, Hiroshi Matsuno ; producer, Akira Inomata ; screenplay, Kikuma Shimoiizaka, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; cinematography, Masayuki Kato ; editor, Kazuo Ota ; music, Noboru Nishiyama Genocide: director, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; producer, Tsuneo Kosumi ; screenplay, Susumu Takaku ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase ; editor, Akimitsu Terada ; music, Shunsuke Kikuchi |