Mad, Bad... & Dangerous to Know: Three Untamed Beauties
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AYAKO WAKAO: PASSION MADE FLESH
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A.K.A. THE SPIDER TATTOO 刺青 (Irezumi)
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赤い天使 (Akai Tenshi)
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清作の妻 (Seisaku no tsuma)
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妻は告白する (Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru)
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MEIKO KAJI: A MAD, BAD UNHOLY EASTER WEEKEND
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FEMALE PRISONER #701: SCORPION 女囚７０１号 さそり (Joshuu 701-go: Sasori)
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野良猫ロック・セックスハンター
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BLIZZARD FROM THE NETHERWORLD修羅雪姫 (Shura-yuki-hime)
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LADY SNOWBLOOD: LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE 修羅雪姫: 怨み恋歌 (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga)
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FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAILHOUSE 41 女囚さそり 第４１雑居房 (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bo)
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MARIKO OKADA: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE ADULTERESS
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A.K.A. FLAME AND WOMEN AND FLAME OF FEELING 炎と女 (Hono to onna)
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情炎 (Joen)
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女のみづうみ (Onna no mizuumi)
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妻二人 (Tsuma futari)
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Festival
Theme
Japanese Films
Category/Format
Fiction Features
March 31 - April 18
At the opposite end of the stereotype of docile Japanese women—heroic good mothers, chaste daughters and hardworking faithful wives—actresses Ayako Wakao, Mariko Okada and Meiko Kaji embodied the transgression of limits, breaking rules, flouting norms and generally upsetting everyone.
This series explores the idea of unconventional beauty that these spellbinding actresses created through an unparalleled body of films. Both Wakao and Okada were muses and inspiration for two major film directors, Yasuzo Masumura and Kiju (Yoshishige) Yoshida, respectively, while Kaji navigated between filmmakers, a wild card of Japanese cinema at the time. Put together, their films delineate what one could call an aesthetic of “convulsive beauty” (André Breton).
Featuring a line-up of 13 films of many different genre, from anti-melodrama to jidaigeki, girl gang movies to women in prison films, with entries from Kiju Yoshida, Yasuzo Masumura and Toshiya Fujita. Don't miss the DRESSED TO KILL party following the opening screening of "Tattoo," Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM.
Visit http://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/mad_bad__dangerous_to_know for full line-up and schedule.
Buy Tickets Online or please call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.