Tenshi no Kôkotsu (1972)
Genre: Crime
Duration: 88 minuten
Alternative title: Ecstasy of the Angels
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Kôji Wakamatsu
Stars: Ken Yoshizawa and Rie Yokoyama
IMDb score:
6,2 (1.150)
Releasedate: 11 March 1972
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Tenshi no Kôkotsu plot
This film is about a group of activists who call themselves The Four Seasons Association. But what starts as a political protest quickly degenerates into listless freeing and violent acts of revenge. It doesn't take long before the group starts to show cracks, and some members are unstoppable.
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12891 votes
Fascinating movie.
Not as strong as Go Go, but here again a film that seems far ahead of its time. Beautiful b&w shots alternated with very nice color shots. Seems a bit random sometimes, but it is effective.
The comparison with Godard is certainly there, very political and activist-oriented film. Especially in the beginning it dares to drag on a bit too long, but the further the film progresses the more fascinating it becomes, culminating in a truly impressive scene about 10 minutes before the end. Looks like an early Tsukamoto.
This is allowed, classic films that look modern. It's a novelty for me. Anyone else have some titles? The beginning is a bit boring, but it becomes more and more impressive. 3* with a big half for that one scene. So 3.5*, highly recommended.
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wibro
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- 11590 messages
- 4098 votes
The third Wakamatsu film I have seen and certainly the least. Too much left-wing political nonsense or rather shouting. But yes, we are used to the latter from the Japanese by now. We also encountered this left-wing radicalism in the late 1960s films by Godard and Zabriskie Point by Antonioni. Those roughly 10 minutes of bomb and grenade explosions - easily the best part of the film - immediately reminded me of a similar scene in Zabriskie Point and also a similar scene in Tsukamoto's Bullet Ballet.
3.5*
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
A strange film about urban terrorists in Japan. There are no names for the characters, only times of year, for example autumn and winter; and months and days of the week for their subordinates. One group steals some bombs from a US Army warehouse and the other group takes them for themselves. Lots of explosions and some kinky Japanese sex follow. Filmed mostly in black and white, this is probably a good introduction to Japanese cinema. No idea why a limited number of scenes were in color.
To be honest, I couldn't do much with it. I already saw better things from Wakamatsu. The internal tensions that developed due to abuse of power were interesting.
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