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Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu

  • 19671967
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
768
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
40,836
3,932
Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu (1967)
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Over the course of a night, a sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn.Over the course of a night, a sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn.Over the course of a night, a sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
768
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
40,836
3,932
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    • Director
      • Nagisa Ôshima
    • Writers
      • Mamoru Sasaki(screenplay)
      • Tsutomu Tamura(screenplay)
      • Nagisa Ôshima(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Kei Satô
      • Keiko Sakurai
      • Rokkô Toura
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Nagisa Ôshima
    • Writers
      • Mamoru Sasaki(screenplay)
      • Tsutomu Tamura(screenplay)
      • Nagisa Ôshima(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Kei Satô
      • Keiko Sakurai
      • Rokkô Toura
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    • 6User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu (1967)
    Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu (1967)

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    Kei Satô
    Kei Satô
    • The Man
    Keiko Sakurai
    • Nejiko
    Rokkô Toura
    Rokkô Toura
    • TV Man
    Shunsuke Mizoguchi
    • Tsukibito
    Bunya Ozawa
    • Matsuyama
    Tetsuo Ashida
    • Himeji
    Hôsei Komatsu
    Hôsei Komatsu
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Masakazu Tamura
    Hideo Kanze
    Hideo Kanze
    Yoshiyuki Fukuda
    Mutsuhiro Toura
    T. Clay
    • Director
      • Nagisa Ôshima
    • Writers
      • Mamoru Sasaki(screenplay)
      • Tsutomu Tamura(screenplay)
      • Nagisa Ôshima(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The movie was inspired by the Dallas shooting committed by Charles Whitman.
    • Quotes

      Nejiko: I wish I could tie up all the men in Japan.

    User reviews6

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    Top review
    When a sociopathic, loner American sniper attacks a Japanese city, the local gangs can't decide whether to react to him as a life-style savior or an imperialist invader.
    Combines the political commitment and narrative experimentalism of Godard with the lush, deep-focus aesthetic of Ford and Kurosawa.

    I wouldn't know what to think of the film if I hadn't recently researched the U.S. occupation of Japan. Oshima presents Japanese youth as obsessed with matching the brutality and aimlessness of their American counter-parts.

    When a sociopathic, loner American sniper attacks a Japanese city, the local gangs can't decide whether to react to him as a life-style savior or an imperialist invader.

    Magnificently formal shot compositions that almost bring to mind the "Metaphyisical style" of de Cherico's paintings.

    As is characteristic of Oshima, the only redemption is through sex.
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    • treywillwest
    • Jul 31, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 1967 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
    • Production company
      • Sozosha
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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