泥だらけの純情 (Mud Spattered Purity) 1963 Ages 15+
When
1.30 pm, Sat 7 Oct 2023 (90 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
A lowly member of the Tsukada Gang, Jirō’s failed drug run is the first event to seriously test his devotion to his yakuza family. With nothing to sacrifice but his autonomy, he seems ready and willing – until a chance meeting with Mami throws things out of order. Though she is the daughter of a wealthy diplomat the two strike up an unlikely friendship that quickly spirals towards dreams of an unattainable life together.
Taking place during the yakuza boom that followed WWII and the American occupation of Japan, Mud Spattered Purity paints a dynamic portrait of a generation of lost children. Set against a strikingly chaotic underground Tokyo, Nakahira mirrors a national dichotomy of the times: the violent underbelly rippling beneath Japan’s progress in establishing itself amongst a globalising world.
Mud Spattered Purity will screen from an imported 35mm print.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Kō Nakahira
- Script: Masaru Baba
- Based on: the short story by Shinji Fujiwara
- Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Yamazaki
- Editor: Mutsuo Tanji
- Cast: Mitsuo Hamada, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Asao Koike
- Print Source: The Japan Foundation, Tokyo
- Rights: The Japan Foundation, Tokyo
- Year: 1963
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm