No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema (Cinema Classics)
by Mark Schilling
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Author: Mark SchillingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN: 1903254434
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: FAB Press
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Book Review: fascinating insight to a little known genre
Summary: 5 Stars
No borders, no limits - Nikkatsu action cinema - no, it's not referring to maniacal sword flailing Samurai warriors or men-in-suits monster movies! I now know that Nikkatsu was an incredibly prolific Japanese film studio which had been around since 1912 in the silent film days & had an output of some 7000 films up to about 1971, so it would require a volume resembling the Yellow pages to analyse each one !
Instead the author discusses the careers of some essential actors & actresses - Ishihara / Kobayashi / Akagi & Watari for example, Akagi being nicknamed `Tony' because of his resemblance (?!) to a young Tony Curtis ! The girls, Kitahara / Asaoka, Ashikawa & Kaji are discussed and there are plenty of photos of these cuties ! Noteworthy directors are also included - Toshio Masuda / Koneyoshi Kurahara ( love these names !) Seijun Suzuki & Yasuharu Hasebe ! There are also interviews with Masuda & Joe Shishido which are full of amusing and insightful anecdotes !
Loads of colour & black and white photos are peppered throughout the book.
As for the genre, well it can't really be pigeonholed as the films related to gangsters, loners, bikers, nightclub dancers & even the occasional tentative foray into soft porn.
The value of this book is that it highlights movies that are an important part of Japanese culture - the next step would be try to find them...Ebay.japan, perhaps ?!
A highly entertaining & informative book in handy size & an excellent addition to the FABpress library of the unusual !
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