Gate of Flesh [Criterion Collection]

Gate of Flesh [Criterion Collection]

Director: Seijun Suzuki Cast: Joe Shishido
Joe Shishido
, Yumiko Nogawa
Yumiko Nogawa
, Satoko Kasai
Satoko Kasai
, Koji Wada
Koji Wada
Seijun Suzuki
Gate of Flesh [Criterion Collection]

Gate of Flesh [Criterion Collection]

Director: Seijun Suzuki Cast: Joe Shishido
Joe Shishido
, Yumiko Nogawa
Yumiko Nogawa
, Satoko Kasai
Satoko Kasai
, Koji Wada
Koji Wada
Seijun Suzuki

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Gate of Flesh is one of the earliest examples of the sado-masochistic soft-core sex films called pinku eiga that would grow by the 1970s into one of Japan's largest, and domestically most popular, genres. Seijun Suzuki directed this gritty, stridently anti-American account of prostitution, set in the black markets and rubble of Tokyo during the immediate postwar era. The story focuses on Maya (Yumiko Nogawa), who finds refuge with a band of hookers living in a bombed-out building who fight for their turf and adhere to a strict, pitiless code: no sex without payment. Those women who run afoul of this rule endure an appalling punishment, largely at the hands of the sadistic ringleader of the group, Komasa Sen (Satoko Kasai). Tension within the group increases when macho ex-soldier Ibuki (Joe Shishido) hides in the women's basement from the US military police after he stabs an American soldier. Drunk on wood alcohol, Maya finds that she can no longer contain her yearning for the renegade hunk, resulting in trouble for both of them. The film lurches from a social realist portrayal of the hardships of the post-war slums to a lurid dreamscape of sexual desire perverted into brutality, realized by Suzuki's boldly expressionistic use of color, camerawork, and design. The result is a film as thrilling as it is repellant.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/26/2005
UPC: 0037429205228
Original Release: 1964
Source: Criterion Collection
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:30:00
Sales rank: 17,087

Special Features

New restored high-definition Digital transfer; Exclusive new video interview with Director Seijun Suzuki and production designer Takeo Kimura; Stills Gallery of rare archival production photos and art; Original theatrical trailer; New and improved English Subtitles translation; Plus: A new essay by noted Asian-Cinema critic Chuck Stephens

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Joe Shishido Shintaro Ibuki
Yumiko Nogawa Borneo Maya
Satoko Kasai Komasa Sen
Koji Wada Abe
Tomiko Ishii Roku
Kayo Matsuo Mino
Misako Tominaga Machiko
Keisuke Noro Ishii
Chico Roland Catholic Priest
Jo Shishido Shintaro Ibuki
Chico Rolando Black Pastor
Jo Shishado Actor
Yumiko Nagawa Actor

Technical Credits
Seijun Suzuki Director
Goro Tanada Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Beasts [7:02]
2. Rules [4:11]
3. Survival [4:28]
4. Togerher [5:57]
5. Bodies [5:22]
6. Chief [7:18]
7. Questions [2:05]
8. Machiko [9:26]
9. True Power [4:24]
10. Deals [7:00]
11. All the Way [2:29]
12. Nourishment [4:37]
13. Forty Yen [6:19]
14. Torment [4:30]
15. A Woman [7:13]
16. Hinode Bridge [4:27]
17. 10:00 A.M. [3:33]
18. Color Bars [:01]
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