Poem (1972)
(Uta)
Country: JAP
Technical: bw/2.35:1 119m
Director: Akio Jissôji
Cast: Masako Araki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Yasumi Hara
Synopsis:
An ascetic young man serves his wealthy employers with a devotion to the very ancestral heritage that the younger generation is preparing to betray to property developers.
Review:
Incomprehensible, incoherent iconoclasm from the Japanese New Wave, with shots in extreme closeup and so partially lit that the screen is more than half black most of the time. The characters look so alike it is hard to follow what is going on and shot length tries the patience. The closing tour de force has the hero crawl inexorably up a flight of stone steps, only to fall tumbling back down; a Sisyphean metaphor that might well represent the entire project.
(Uta)
Country: JAP
Technical: bw/2.35:1 119m
Director: Akio Jissôji
Cast: Masako Araki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Yasumi Hara
Synopsis:
An ascetic young man serves his wealthy employers with a devotion to the very ancestral heritage that the younger generation is preparing to betray to property developers.
Review:
Incomprehensible, incoherent iconoclasm from the Japanese New Wave, with shots in extreme closeup and so partially lit that the screen is more than half black most of the time. The characters look so alike it is hard to follow what is going on and shot length tries the patience. The closing tour de force has the hero crawl inexorably up a flight of stone steps, only to fall tumbling back down; a Sisyphean metaphor that might well represent the entire project.
(Uta)
Country: JAP
Technical: bw/2.35:1 119m
Director: Akio Jissôji
Cast: Masako Araki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Yasumi Hara
Synopsis:
An ascetic young man serves his wealthy employers with a devotion to the very ancestral heritage that the younger generation is preparing to betray to property developers.
Review:
Incomprehensible, incoherent iconoclasm from the Japanese New Wave, with shots in extreme closeup and so partially lit that the screen is more than half black most of the time. The characters look so alike it is hard to follow what is going on and shot length tries the patience. The closing tour de force has the hero crawl inexorably up a flight of stone steps, only to fall tumbling back down; a Sisyphean metaphor that might well represent the entire project.