Summer Soldiers Aka Samâ Sorujâ (1972) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Keith Sykes, Reisen Ri, Kazuo Kitamura

AKA - Crazy Joe (1972) [Reissue 2015] Music

Posted by gribovar at June 9, 2022

On the third album by AKA, the leading Indonesian rock band of the ’70s, there was a slight change concerning the overall direction. With three exceptions - the powerful funk-rock of the opening title-track, the dirty garage beat of the B-side opener “Skip Away,” and the energetic up-tempo soul-pop of “Raja Jalan” the band turns to soft rock and Indo-pop ballads on this LP. And guess what - these folks really knew how to pull it off, even with lush pop harmonies that often touch the borders of the tear-jerker field. Crazy Joe, originally released in 1972 and reissued here for the first time, is a rather courageous album, with those three rawer and more energetic tunes alongside the gentle plush of the pop tunes. All those who dare to listen between the notes will find a massive load of delicate arrangements and rather striking melodies…

Details

Samâ sorujâ / Summer Soldiers (1972) Movies

Posted by yorkiez at Jan. 27, 2014

Summer Soldiers tells the stories of two AWOL American GIs, adrift in the inhospitable refuge of a Japan committed to supporting the U.S. “war effort”. Shunted to and fro among host families of anti-war sympathizers, both men seek some natural haven and an end to being fugitives. At first encouraged by what they see as acceptance and understanding from the people they meet, they soon realize that they are political pawns being used to gratify anti-war sentiments of radical groups, as well as, paradoxically, their anti-Americanism. The GIs discover that there is no real place for them in Japan, except as fringe dwellers.

Details

Summer Soldiers (1972) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 1, 2011

One of Teshigahara lesser known works, Summer Soldier centers on Jim, a young army deserter, he doesn’t want to fight in the Vietnam campaign, who has shacked up with a Japanese bar hostess. Terrified of being caught, Jim hides every time someone comes to the door. Wanting to help her lover, Reiko attempts to find help through a group led by a mutton-chopped fellow named Pete, Nathan himself, however, the group asks for the deserter to return to base to fight inside the system itself. Jim, desiring to flee instead of fight, refuses to go and instead seeks refuge with a group of Japanese citizens who are protesting the war in Vietnam by harboring deserters.

Details

Samâ sorujâ / Summer Soldiers (1972) Movies

Posted by fekmax at March 17, 2016

This fascinating Japanese drama takes an objective look at the relationship between American GIs and deserters in Japan during the Vietnam war. Many of the men went on leave to Tokyo. Some did not want to return and ended up sheltered by Japanese "host families" who would conceal them for a night. The story centers on the different experiences of an exhausted deserter, and a gung-ho soldier. Meanwhile, the Japanese "Deserter's Aid Committee" holds audiences with would-be dodgers.

Details

Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara (1962-1966) [The Criterion Collection #392] [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 4, 2015

One of the most acclaimed Japanese directors of all time, Hiroshi Teshigahara distinguished himself in the sixties with a series of sinuous, atmospheric, and daring films. Teshigahara found his spiritual partner in novelist and screenwriter Kobo Abe, with whom he collaborated on these Kafkaesque portraits of identities in peril, films that captivated mainstream audiences while also touching the edges of the Japanese avant-garde. The existential ghost story Pitfall (Otoshiana), the shocking, erotic fable Woman in the Dunes (Sunna no onna), and the sci-fi–tinged nightmare The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) are among cinema’s enduring enigmas and rarest pleasures.

Details

Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara [4 Criterion DVD9s & 2 Masters of Cinema PAL DVD9s] Movies

Posted by mook45 at May 27, 2011

Details

Hiroshi Teshigahara-Tanin no kao ('The Face of Another') (1966) Movies

Posted by FNB47 at Nov. 15, 2007

Hiroshi Teshigahara-Tanin no kao ('The Face of Another') (1966)
1455.6 MB | 1:57:01 | Japanese with English s/t | XviD, 1490 Kb/s | 720x544

A staggering work of existential science fiction, The Face of Another dissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (Yojimbo's Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist's radical new experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the strange world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara's film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.

Details

Hiroshi Teshigahara-Suna no onna ('Woman of the Dunes') (1964) Movies

Posted by FNB47 at Nov. 28, 2007

Hiroshi Teshigahara-Suna no onna ('Woman of the Dunes') (1964)
1456.6 MB | 2:20:57 | Japanese with Eng.+Tur. s/t | XviD, 1210 Kb/s | 688x512

One of the great Japanese classics of the 60s, Hiroshi Teshigahara's fable Woman of the Dunes (based on the novel by existentialist writer Kobo Abe), remains as mystifying, serene and provoking as when it was first released.

Details

Hiroshi Teshigahara - Hokusai (1953) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 5, 2019

This look at the work and life of block-print artist Katsushika Hokusai (1740-1849) begins with the political context of the Edo shogunate at the time of his birth: peasants driven off their land come to the city; a merchant class is emerging; samurais' power wanes. Hokusai lives in poverty, apprenticed as a printmaker, studying under the best artists of the day, especially Korin. Hokusai's unique style strives for realism. The camera slowly pans Hokusai's art: we see prints popular with merchants and commoners, particularly his caricatures; his subjects are often people at work. Late in life, political turmoil becomes his subject.

Details

Keith Jarrett - Dramaten Theater Stockholm, September 1972 (Restauración 2023) (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 6, 2023

Keith Jarrett - Dramaten Theater Stockholm, September 1972 (Restauración 2023) (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - - 114 MB
49:17 | Jazz | Label: Lantower Records

Keith Jarrett, Live at Dramaten theatre, Stockholm, Sweden, September 19, 1972.

Details