27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

BENGARU NO CHICHI RAMAN

THE FATHER OF BANGLADESH
by Nagisa Oshima
Country: Japan
Year: 1973
Duration: 25'


THE FATHER OF BANGLADESH
Oshima travels to the hometown
of Ziaur Rahman, the Prime Minister
of Bangladesh, who is considered a hero
by his people. Oshima interviews him
and asks him about the eleven years he
spent in prison, the grass-roots struggles
and the characteristics of the people
of Bangladesh. The documentary also
shows the daily life of this important
political figure.

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
Seizo Sengen
montaggio/film editing
Ryuzo Ikeda,
Kazuhiko Hiraga
suono/sound
Hideo Nishizaki
produttore/producer
Junichi Ushiyama
produzione/production
Nippon A-V Productions
(NAV)
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