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Uchida the Sellout?

An old Japanese man wearing a cap, sitting outdoors on a chair and holding a cigarette in his hand

Photo above: Uchida Tomu directing a film, probably Swords of Death (Shinken shōbu, 1971) Note: As I’ve already done several times for this blog, I am interrupting my series of reviews of the films of Uchida Tomu to post my…

RebelJack
July 1, 2023
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Architecture, Bunraku, Cinema, Foxes, Japan, Kabuki, Madness, Uncategorized

The Mad Fox (Koiya koi nasuna koi; 恋や恋なすな恋), 1962

photo of a young man and woman from 10th Century Japan embracing

Other titles: Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow; Forbidden Love, Love Not Again (alternate English titles); Love, love, don’t play with love (approximate literal English title); La renarde folle [“the mad fox”] (Venice Film Festival French-language title); La volpe folle [“the…

RebelJack
July 15, 2021
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Uchida the Sellout?

The Mad Fox (Koiya koi nasuna koi; 恋や恋なすな恋), 1962

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