Akio Jissji: The Buddhist Trilogy (Blu-ray)
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Synopsis
Akio Jissji created a rich and diverse body of work during his five decades in Japans film and television industries. For some, he is best-known for his science-fiction: the 1960s TV series Ultraman and 1998s box-office success Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis. For others, it is his 1990s adaptations of horror and mystery novelist Edogawa Rampo, such as Watcher in the Attic and Murder on D Street. And then there are his New Wave films for the Art Theatre Guild, three of which This Transient Life, Mandara and Poem, forming The Buddhist Trilogy are collected here.Winner of the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno Film Festival, This Transient Life is among the Art Theatre Guilds most successful and most controversial productions. The film concerns a brother and sister from a rich family who defy the expectations placed on them: he has little interest in further education or his fathers business, instead obsessing over Buddhist statues; she continually refuses a string of suitors and t
Format | Blu-ray |
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Release Date | Aug 20, 2019 |
Genre | Drama |
Actors | Kotobuki Hananomoto |
Director | Akio Jissji |
Language | 109.98 |
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