The Double-Edged Sword: The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu & Raizo Ichikawa
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ZATOICHI, THE FUGITIVE 座頭市兇状旅 (Zatoichi kyojo-tabi)
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DESTINY'S SON 斬る(Kiru)
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ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD: FIGHTING JOURNEY 座頭市喧嘩旅 (Zatoichi kenka-tabi)
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SCAR YOSABURO 切られ与三郎 (Kirare Yosaburo)
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NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI
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NEMURI KYOSHIRO AT BAY:
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THE LONE STALKER A.K.A. LONE WOLF ISAZO
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THE DEVIL'S TEMPLE 鬼の棲む館 (Oni no Sumu Yakata)
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Japanese Films
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Fiction Features
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December 2009 - May 2010
With the centennial of director Akira Kurosawa’s birth coming up, 2010 will certainly be the year of sword fighting films (chambara)! While Kurosawa will always remain the "Emperor", two actors dominated postwar Japanese genre cinema: Daiei Studios’ cult stars Shintaro Katsu (1931-1997) and Raizo Ichikawa (1931-1969).
Two actors, two styles, apparently poles apart yet actually complementary: earthy Katsu was the affable anti-idol rogue, unpredictable on- and off-screen, while ethereal, coolly enigmatic Ichikawa was considered the “James Dean of Japan”. Beyond their differences, both stars instilled in their roles a poisonous poetry and existential angst that lifted their art into genre-transcending territory. Curated by Chris D., genre film expert and author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film.
Two of the most versatile, underrated and comparatively unknown movie performers post-WWII were not from America or Europe, but from Japan. Shintaro Katsu and Raizo Ichikawa defined their generation as surely as actors like Robert Mitchum, Montgomery Clift, James Dean and Clint Eastwood defined theirs. And like Mitchum and Eastwood they were equally at home in rugged action roles as in heavy drama and light comedy. Katsu’s blind swordman Zatoichi and Ichikawa’s misanthropic halfbreed samurai Kyoshiro Nemuri stand out as unforgettable, iconic characters on the panoramic screen of 20th century world cinema. – Chris D.
Join us for this retrospective honoring two Japanese film legends.