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Post by shaxper on Sept 25, 2024 11:43:51 GMT -5
Here's one I really enjoy that most English-speaking folks have probably never heard of. It's got top secret military experiments, the Yakuza, a sad clown, and some very satisfying special effects from the era.
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Post by Yasotay on Sept 25, 2024 23:41:24 GMT -5
Here's one I really enjoy that most English-speaking folks have probably never heard of. It's got top secret military experiments, the Yakuza, a sad clown, and some very satisfying special effects from the era. Another good review. I'd be curious about the story behind the writer or director because a group of invisible men who are forgotten and can't function in society almost sounds like a metaphor for something. Maybe the Japanese untouchable class or Korean immigrants or just some type of lingering post-war existential angst. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 26, 2024 4:10:37 GMT -5
Here's one I really enjoy that most English-speaking folks have probably never heard of. It's got top secret military experiments, the Yakuza, a sad clown, and some very satisfying special effects from the era. Another good review. I'd be curious about the story behind the writer or director because a group of invisible men who are forgotten and can't function in society almost sounds like a metaphor for something. Maybe the Japanese untouchable class or Korean immigrants or just some type of lingering post-war existential angst. Could be a loose metaphor for survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or even for soldiers with PTSD. Japan was certainly forced to carry its memory of the war differently than any other country. |
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Post by commond on Oct 6, 2024 22:56:46 GMT -5
This was Toho's big follow-up to Godzilla, promising the same types of special effects. The director, Motoyoshi Oda, had earlier worked with Eiji Tsuburaya on Lady from Hell, one of the first Toho films to utilize heavy special effects (and written by Akira Kurosawa.) He'd also made an earlier film called Ghost Man that was a precursor to The Invisible Avenger (simply called "The Invisible Man" in Japanese.) Oda wound up directing the sequel to Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, but he was also a well known comedy director and directed the early Tora-san films. Invisible Avenger was highly influential on Toho's Transforming Human Series, a trilogy of films from '58-60.
Also of note is that the soundtrack to The Invisible Avenger is by Kyosuke Kami, a pioneer of film music in Japan as well as Japan's first fully-fledged jazz musician. The film is one of the few surviving examples of his film work.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 7, 2024 4:16:56 GMT -5
This was Toho's big follow-up to Godzilla, promising the same types of special effects. The director, Motoyoshi Oda, had earlier worked with Eiji Tsuburaya on Lady from Hell, one of the first Toho films to utilize heavy special effects (and written by Akira Kurosawa.) He'd also made an earlier film called Ghost Man that was a precursor to The Invisible Avenger (simply called "The Invisible Man" in Japanese.) Oda wound up directing the sequel to Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, but he was also a well known comedy director and directed the early Tora-san films. Invisible Avenger was highly influential on Toho's Transforming Human Series, a trilogy of films from '58-60. Also of note is that the soundtrack to The Invisible Avenger is by Kyosuke Kami, a pioneer of film music in Japan as well as Japan's first fully-fledged jazz musician. The film is one of the few surviving examples of his film work. Thanks much for all of this! |
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