Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pom Poko 72 __HOT__
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(May)"The Mystery of Rampo" (Ranpo) by Mayazumi Rintaro / Okuyama Kazuyoshi. Edogawa Ranpo continues to fascinate the Japanese and 1994 was the centennial of his birth. As also Shochiku had turned 100 (when counting from its Kabuki activities, which were 25 years older than its cinematic endeavors), producer Okuyama Kazuyoshi decided to celebrate both memorials in style with a big Ranpo film. Edogawa Ranpo is played by Takenaka Naoto, but this is not a straight biopic. With a media mix of special effects, animation, wild imagery and period drama, the film tries no less than to plumb the mind of Ranpo, at a time he was battling the censorship of the state. As Okuyama was not satisfied with director Mayazumi's rather sedate version, he reshot 70% of the film himself to make it into the cinematic event he had in mind. Although both versions were released, the unrestrained visual extravaganza of Okuyama has won the day. A fitting homage to a great author. By the way, in this centennial year, more Ranpo films would be made, such as a new adaptation of Yaneura no sanposha by Jissoji Akio which had already been done by Tanaka Noboru in the eighties. Cannes Film Festival. (Daiwa Building / Daiwa Securities Group / Obayashi Corporation / Orix / Shochiku / Team Okuyama)My Rating: A+(July)Pom Poko (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, lit. "Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko"), an anime feature film by Takahata Isao of Study Ghibli, is an ecological story of how a group of tanuki (raccoon dogs) struggle to prevent their virgin forest home from being destroyed by the urban development of a "New Town" (inspired by real-life construction of a suburb in the Tama Hills west of Tokyo in the 1960s). They use their magical shape-shifting powers to oppose the human encroachment, faking ghostly hauntings to scare away the construction workers. They even hold a ghostly parade, but the effect is lost when a local theme park claims credit for that as a form of promotion. In the end, the tanuki have to admit defeat and they scatter among the human race. The phrase "Pom Poko" in the title refers to the sound tanuki make when drumming on their bellies. Pom Poko becomes the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1994, earning ¥2.63 billion in distribution income, and grossing ¥4.47 billion in total box office revenue. The film wins Best Animation Film at the 49th Mainichi Film Awards. (Tokuma Shoten / Nippon Television Network / Hakuhodo / distributed by Toho).My Rating: A(October)In Crest of Betrayal (Chushingura Gaiden Yotsuya Kaidan), a period film made for the commemoration of the Shochiku Centennial, Fukusaku Kinji mixes two famous stories: that of the revenge of the 47 ronin (Chushingura) and the ghost story of Yotsuya. The first story (the true-life tale of 47 samurai warriors secretly banding together to assassinate the official responsible for the death of their master) has of course been countless times filmed, also by Fukasaku himself in the 1970s, in The Fall of Ako Castle (Ako-jo Danzetsu, 1978). Of the second story (about the revenge of a disfigured female ghost on her lover, who had poisoned her in order to marry a woman of better standing) exist such famous versions as Nakagawa Nobuo's 1959 Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan. Fukasaku links the stories via the character of Tamiya Iemon, the "48th samurai" and also the man who has poisoned his lover to rise on the social ladder. Fukasaku describes a Japan that resembles that of the early 1990s: a once prosperous economy in decline, and overall shifting morals. Beautifully photographed with striking, dreamlike images, this period film shows us Fukasaku Kinji in great form.My Rating: A 2b1af7f3a8