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Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Katsuo Nakamura (Actor), Nagisa Oshima (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Black & White, Box set
Contributor Katsuo Nakamura, Nagisa Oshima
Language English
Number Of Discs 5
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Often called the Godard of the East, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima was one of the most provocative film artists of the twentieth century, and his works challenged and shocked the cinematic world for decades. Following his rise to prominence at Shochiku, Oshima struck out to form his own production company, Sozo-sha, in the early sixties. That move ushered in the prolific period of his career that gave birth to the five films collected here. Unsurprisingly, this studio renegade was fascinated by stories of outsiders—serial killers, rabid hedonists, and stowaway misfits are just some of the social castoffs you’ll meet in these audacious, cerebral entries in the New Wave surge that made Japan a hub of truly daredevil moviemaking.

Pleasures of the Flesh
Nagisa Oshima, 1965
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush.

Violence at Noon
Nagisa Oshima, 1966
Containing more than two thousand cuts and a wealth of inventive widescreen compositions, this coolly fragmented character study is a mesmerizing investigation of criminality and social decay.

Sing a Song of Sex
Nagisa Oshima, 1967
Four sexually hungry high school students prepare for their university entrance exams in Oshima’s hypnotic, free-form depiction of generational political apathy, featuring stunning color cinematography.

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Nagisa Oshima, 1967
A sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, a gun-crazy wannabe gangster—these are just three of the irrational, oddball anarchists trapped in an underground hideaway in Oshima’s devilish, absurdist film.

Three Resurrected Drunkards
Nagisa Oshima, 1968
A trio of bumbling young men frolic at the beach. While they swim, their clothes are stolen and replaced with new outfits. Donning these, they are mistaken for undocumented Koreans and end up on the run from comically outraged authorities.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 13.6 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRNECL93DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Nagisa Oshima
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Black & White, Box set
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 7 hours and 51 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 18, 2010
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Katsuo Nakamura
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00393SFQG
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5
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  • Maurizio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Conflicted youth and criminal impulses in Japan in the Sixties
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2015
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    I love Oshima's no-holds-barred take on the Japanese society of the sixties. I find these films truly remarkable in that they show the incredible level of social and political awareness in Japan just fifteen years after the disasters of the Second World War. I admire the way Oshima decided to break ranks with a hostile studio system to forge his own path in a more creative way. This enabled him to make films which are very explicit (given the period) in their stark depiction of the dark nature of Japanese society just beneath the polite surface as shown in the works of Ozu and Mizoguchi for instance. Three cheers for brave cinema! Enjoy!
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  • Blaze Girl
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great set for mutineers ! By the master himself
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2016
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    Films by Oshima, the grand taboo breaker, are always a reliable choice for entertainment. These are masterpieces. They're not mainstream, they're not watered-down, they're not comfort food. They're raw and pure, agitating and liberating, rebellious and suspenseful. I especially love VIOLENCE AT NOON, for its audacious take on crime and PLEASURES OF THE FLESH for its unmerciful tension. I wish Criterion would release more of his work!
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  • KNDY
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Oshima's Outlaw Sixties" is absolutely fantastic and a worthy addition to any cinema fan's film collection.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2010
    Nagisa Oshima, one of Japan's most controversial filmmakers. A filmmaker who shocked the world with his 1976 film "In the Realm of Senses" based on the true story of Sada Abe and a film that showcased unsimulated sex and faced major censorship. In fact, even with the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray and DVD release of "In the Realm of Senses", viewers today still debate if the film was art or if the film was pornography. If anything, Oshima has caught the attention of many and many have wondered if his other films would ever reach US shores.

    One of the founders of the Japanese New Wave, Oshima was known for taking on Japanese taboos and creating films against the status quo, the filmmaker has been doing his style of films since 1959 and working for the studio Shochiku in order to fulfill the studio's desire of creating edgier material for the youth market. Oshima would go on to create three films which were known as "The Youth Trilogy" ("Cruel Story of Youth", "The Sun's Burial", "Night and Fog in Japan").

    After politics played a part in Oshima leaving Shochiku, the filmmaker would go on to create his own company known as Sozo-sha (Creation Company) and in celebration of his work from his new studio and many fans bombarding Criterion for more Nagisa Oshima, The Criterion Collection has chosen Nagisa Oshima's mid-to-late '60s films to be part of the latest Eclipse Series Collection known as "Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties".

    JUDGMENT CALL:

    The latest DVD set "Oshima's Outlaw Sixties" for Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series featuring filmmaker Nagisa Oshima's works from 1966-1968 is magnificent!

    For any cineaste who is interested in the Japanese new wave but also wondering how Japan's most provocative auteur would eventually lead up to his highly controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" can see how he progresses from film to film. Call him rebellious as he goes against the status quo, Nagisa Oshima shows us his daring side through these film films included in the Eclipse Series set.

    Taking on sexual destruction, emotional conflict, nihilistic views towards Japanese youth, amorality and touching upon political situations that he saw in Japan (specifically the treatment of Koreans by Japanese) and using films as his platform. We get to Oshima engaged in situations that deal with the Japanese student movement, his feelings opposing the Vietnam War but also seeing that appreciation of Luis Bunuel, the master of surrealism influencing Oshima's style when he became liberated and avant-garde with his filmmaking.

    Perhaps that is the connection of where some would call Oshima as the "Godard of the East" but as you watch each of these films, you start to see how his films showcases the cultural and political tension of postwar Japan. These films were the stepping stones in which Oshima would go all out in controversy for creating films such as "In the Realm of the Senses" and "The Empire of Passion".

    Each film presented in the "Eclipse Series #21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties" is indeed fascinating and unique.

    "Pleasures of the Flesh" is a film that demonstrates Nagisa Oshima's strength in showcasing a character's self-destruction and pushing the boundaries of moral turpitude. For those familiar with Japanese films during the '60s, especially from Nikkatsu or from various filmmakers at the time, may it be pink films to yakuza gangster films, these films were quite popular for the youth market.

    "Violence at Noon" is a film that demonstrates Oshima's artistic side by using high contrasts but unique in that the film utilized over 2,000 cuts but easily taking on topics such as rape, those protecting a serial killer and also suicide pacts. For three topics that can be seen as dismal and dark, Oshima manages to create a film that is literally artistic and defiant all at once.

    In the case of "Sing a Song of Sex", Oshima's film which came a year after Tomomi Soeda's book which studies song as an expression of discontent among the Japanese and their escape into fantasy. Possibly the most surreal film I have seen from Oshima, this is Oshima reaching to Luis Bunuel heights as surrealism and dark comedy is used effectively. It may be too surreal for others but the film's bizarre form of storytelling to start off Oshima's Korean trilogy utilizing fantasy without being to upfront was quite fascinating.

    1967 was definitely an intriguing year for Oshima fans as it was a year we see a liberation as a filmmaker and "Japanese Summer: Double Suicide" can be looked at Oshima's way of critiquing Japanese in general and I can see conservatives beginning to become more invidious towards the filmmaker while others outside of Japan perhaps saw a sense of style and a unique oeuvre. This is the filmmaker engaging all various types of Japanese through its bizarre characters and its senseless violence left a blank stare for many watching the film. But this was Oshima daring to take on the Vietnam War through film.

    And last, unlike the previous four films, "Three Resurrected Drunkards" brings us those political views of Oshima but presenting it in a more comedic style. Unique in presentation for the filmmaker but yet the comedy is used as a way to engage the viewer towards the treatment of Koreans in Japan and his feelings towards the Vietnam War. A surprising comedy and also another film that one can see as experimental, farcical but within the context of Oshima's style of filmmaking, it works!

    Each film in "Oshima's Outlaw Sixties" showcasing elements of Oshima defying realism. But with Japanese culture, Oshima manages to take the political and make it art. This is Japanese new wave at its finest.

    The Criterion Collection has managed to pick five magnificent films of Oshima, each unique and even 40-years-later, look absolutely great on DVD. Suffice to say, Oshima like Godard, like Resnais and like Bunuel, is not going to be for everyone. For those who enjoyed Oshima's "The Youth Trilogy" or his more controversial films may find these films to be too avant-garde if they are expecting something similar to the Nikkatsu '60s films. But I absolutely found this DVD set to be enjoyable, fascinating, thought provoking, artistic and just an all-out wonderful release.

    Granted, it's missing one major key film in the Korean trilogy which is "Death by Hanging", which I can only hope that this film along with "The Youth Trilogy" will someday be released by Criterion.

    But overall, "Oshima's Outlaw Sixties" is absolutely fantastic and a worthy addition to any cinema fan's film collection. Highly recommended!
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  • Cirrus
    4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Price (If on Sale) for Japanese Summer Double Suicide alone. (a great film..... the other discs not so great)
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018
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    I give the set a 4 star rating mainly because Japanese Summer Double Suicide is really an amazing find - should be considered a classic ! Really wild - really cool cinematography - a fun ride of a movie. The rest of the set is more curious than good - though I did like Violence at Noon - the rest I thought were crap but if you are interested in Japanese Cinema they are an interesting thing to check out - there's also a brief appearance of Itami, Juzo in one of the 3 clunkers that round out the set - plus one sees the usual themes of Oshima - not just sex and violence but also his concern for how foreigners are treated in Japan - Koreans and even Americans too. If you don't feel like buying the whole box set - I would look for Violence at Noon - or even better his early film The Catch on DVD (It would be great to find Japanese Summer Double Suicide as a single volume - which brings me here - but alas seems hard to find one unless one gets the Box Set.)
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  • AW
    5.0 out of 5 stars A requirement for every cinephile
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023
    The great Japanese master. One of the most controversial masters in the history of cinema, the great Oshima Nagisa. A compilation of his 1960s films. It’s truly incredible.
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