ECLIPSE 21:OSHIMA?S OUTLAW SIXTIES

"Often called the Godard of the East, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima was one of the most provocative film artists of the twentieth century, and his works challenged and shocked the cinematic world for decades. Following his rise to prominence as Shochiku, Oshima struck out to form his own production company, Sozosha, in 1961. That move ushered in the prolific period of his career that gave birth to the five films collected here. Unsurprisingly, this studio renegade was fascinated by stories of outsidersserial killers, rabid hedonists, and stowaway misfits are just some of the social castoffs youll meet in these audacious, cerebral entries in the New Wave surge that made Japan a hub of truly daredevil moviemaking. Films include: Pleasures of the Flesh, Violence at Noon, Sing a Song of Sex, Japanese Summer Double Suicide, Three Resurrected Drunkards."