The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 44 – The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara [Part 1]

This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this first episode of a two-part series, David and Trevor are joined by Pablo Knote to discuss three films from Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara.

About the films:

Over the course of his varied career, Koreyoshi Kurahara made meticulous noirs, jazzy juvenile-delinquency pictures, and even nature films. His free-form approach to moviemaking was perfectly suited to the radical spirit of the 1960s, when he was one of the biggest hit makers working at the razzle-dazzle, youth-oriented Nikkatsu studios. The five films collected here hail from that era of the Japanese New Wave, and encompass breathless teen escapades, cruel crime stories, a Yukio Mishima adaptation, and even a Hollywood-inspired romantic comedy.

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Episode Links

Koreyoshi Kurahara

• Criterion Explore page


• Wikipedia

Box Set Reviews

• AV Club


• Brian Camp’s Film and Anime Blog


• Criterion Confessions


• Criterion Forum


• DVD Verdict


• Mark Bould


• Mondo Digital


• PopMatters


• Slant

Intimidation

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series


• Reluctant Habits


• Filmbalaya


• Cineburn


• JFilm Pow-Wow

The Warped Ones

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series


• Midnight Eye


• Japan Cinema


• Reel Talk


• Martin Teller

I Hate But Love

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series


• Coffee Coffee and More Coffee


• 4:3


• Martin Teller


• Yujiro Ishihara bio at the Nikkatsu Action Lounge

Next time on the podcast: Part 2 of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara 

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• Pablo Knote ( Introducing Pablo [mini-bio] / Eastern Kicks [English] / Nippon-Kino [German] )