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30 August 2011 3:20 PM, PDT | GreenCine | See recent GreenCine news »

Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV

Ratings (out of five): 

Intimidation: ****

The Warped Ones: ***½

I Hate But Love: ***½

Black Sun: ****½

Thirst for Love: ***½

Set:  ****

Koreyoshi Kurahara is most well-known for the 1983 ”sled dogs overcome cruel nature” piece Antarctica (Nankyoku Monogatari) which was Japan’s number one box office smash for over a decade. Diving into the five early Kurahara features featured in this set, however, it’s hard to imagine him being picked for such a Disneyesque enterprise.

The set begins simply enough with Intimidation (1960), a tamped-down caper that twists and turns right up to the last of its scant 65 minutes. Just as bank manager Mr. Takita (Nobuo Kaneko) is enjoying his ascension to the upper echelon of society, his past sins return to haunt him whilst compelling him to embezzle three million yen from his bank’s vault. Takita enlists his long-suffering “friend,” a pathetic underling named Nakaike (a heartbreaking, »

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1 item from 2011