Filmvorführung "Kiru / Kill" mit Einführungsvortrag
In the organizer's words:
Director: MISUMI Kenji
1962, 71 minutes, OmeU, color, DCP
Misumi Kenji created his so-called "sword trilogy" within just a few years. It began with Kiru in 1962, followed by Ken (1964) and Kenki (1965). Ichikawa Raizô, the star of the Daiei production company at the time, can be seen in the leading role in all parts.
The film tells the story of Takakura Shingo, a samurai with an obscure past and unique fighting technique. His surrogate father reveals to him on his deathbed that he is in fact the child of a decapitated murderess and her lover, an executioner. Shingo goes in search of his biological father and finds a monk waiting to die. He continues his journey through the country and receives paternal support from an honorable shôgunate official, but times are troubled and the fighting never ends.
Before the screening, Olaf Möller will give a short lecture on the subject of historical dramas (Jidaigeki).
The movie starts at 7 pm.
Olaf Möller is a freelance author and programmer (e.g. at the Film Festival Rotterdam). He is a lecturer in film history and theory at Aalto University in Helsinki and has written numerous books on cinema. In Cologne he writes for the city magazine Stadtrevue.
Film series
Japanese historical films (Jidaigeki) - newly restored classics
Historical dramas(jidaigeki) are among the most popular film genres from Japan. We present works by master directors Misumi Kenji (1921-1975), Fukasaku Kinji (1930-2003) and Shinoda Masahiro (*1931), which have been digitized in recent years in cooperation with the Japan Foundation. The series is complemented by the newly restored classic Rashômon by Kurosawa Akira.
The jidaigeki mostly tell stories of revenge and detective stories or depict the lives of famous swordsmen. Their plot is set in the feudal era, which was characterized by fierce power struggles between the shôgunate and the local lords of various provinces. They are often set in Edo, the military metropolis of the time, but sometimes they also tell of masterless samurai roaming the country and fighting unjust adversaries.
Until the 1960s, jidaigeki made up a significant proportion of mass-produced films in Japan, with kabuki theater initially exerting an important influence. The first actors in jidaigeki usually had stage experience in kabuki, and some of the films were also produced by actors and other influential members of the kabuki theater.
Price information:
Admission free
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