27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

IKITE IRU NIHONKAI KAISEN

THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA
by Nagisa Oshima
Country: Japan
Year: 1975
Duration: 50'


THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA
Oshima interviews nine former
members of the armed forces who
had participated in the naval battle
of Tsushima, the final chapter of the
Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904-1905.
Many years later, and with very few
visual documents still available,
attention is focused on the type of
warfare conducted and the military
techniques and problems.

Biography

film director

Nagisa Oshima

Nagisa Ōshima (Tamano, Japan, 1931 - Fujisawa, Japan, 2013) is considered one of the maestros of Japanese cinema. An exponent of “nuberu bagu,” his films depict the contradictions of Japanese society since WWII, in which growing materialism is flanked by strict observance of centuries-old rules, generating oxymorons and irresolvable conflicts. His most important films include Cruel Story (1960); The Sun’s Burial (1960); Night and Fog in Japan (1960); The Ceremony (1971); In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a true sensation because of its explicit sexual content; Empire of Passion (1978), which won Best Director at Cannes; and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983), which received a BAFTA for Best Score. His final film was Taboo (1999), presented in competition at Cannes. In 2009, the Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to him.

FILMOGRAFIA

Seishun zankoku monogatari (Racconto crudele della giovinezza, 1960), Taiyō no hakaba (Il cimitero del sole, 1960), Nihon no yoru to kiri (Notte e nebbia in Giappone, 1960), Etsuraku (Il godimento, 1965), Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu (Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, 1967), Koshikei (Death by Hanging, 1968), Gishiki (La cerimonia, 1971), Ai no korīda (Ecco l’impero dei sensi, 1976), Ai no bōrei (L’impero della passione, 1978), Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Furyo, 1983), Max mon amour (Max amore mio, 1986), Gohatto (Tabù - Gohatto, 1999). 

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Nagisa Oshima
fotografia/cinematography
Yoshitsugu Tonegawa,
Yu Watanabe
montaggio/film editing
Kazuhiko Hiraga
musica/music
Yuzo Koyama
suono/sound
Hiroshi Kawai
produttore/producer
Junichi Ushiyama
produzione/production
Nippon A-V Productions
(NAV)
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