Tokyo &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Tokyo @settima@mograph.social Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:24:05 +0200 ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-911h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Road Traffic Act 1934/div div class="img" ドキュメント 路上 (1964)/div div class="caption" A look from a Tokyo cab driver's perspective. We see the dashboard, heavy trucks ahead, and behind, and the reflection of the driver in his rearview mirror. DP: Tatsuo Suzuki./div div class="txt" Bad drivers: the start of compulsory driving tests in the UK was established on March 26, 1934 with the Road Traffic Act. "This film portrays the traffic war that goes on every day. — Tokyo, 1964" ### – opening title I find no solid proof to support this statement/div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrafficAct1934 #NoriakiTsuchimoto #KimioKawasaki #MinoruMiki #TatsuoSuzuki #CarCrash #traffic #taxis #cars #jazz #documentary #Tokyo #Japan #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964)

Mar

26

Road Traffic Act 1934

ドキュメント 路上 (1964)

A look from a Tokyo cab driver's perspective. We see the dashboard, heavy trucks ahead, and behind, and the reflection of the driver in his rearview mirror. DP: Tatsuo Suzuki.

Bad drivers: the start of compulsory driving tests in the UK was established on March 26, 1934* with the Road Traffic Act.

“This film portrays the traffic war that goes on every day. — Tokyo, 1964”

– opening title

*I find no solid proof to support this statement

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrafficAct1934 #NoriakiTsuchimoto #KimioKawasaki #MinoruMiki #TatsuoSuzuki #CarCrash #traffic #taxis #cars #jazz #documentary #Tokyo #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-911h Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/0ke-nonu-chi-ishou-ding-1974 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" National Police Woman Day/div div class="img" 0課の女 赤い手錠 (1974)/div div class="caption" Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima./div div class="txt" ##### Rei (Miki Sugimoto) is a member of Division Zero, a top secret division of #Tokyo's police department. Hired to investigate a high-profile #kidnapping, she infiltrates the gang and kills them off with her signature blood-red handcuffs. &nbsp; ##### 0課の女 赤い手錠 is the first of no less than 9 instalments. Based on Tōru Shinohara's #manga 0課の女 [Zero-ka no Onna] who may be better known for his さそり [Sasori / Scorpion], which in its turn was adapted into the popular Female Prisoner Scorpion series of WiP films. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalPoliceWomanDay #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #WiP #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Sep

12

National Police Woman Day

0課の女 赤い手錠 (1974)

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) is a member of Division Zero, a top secret division of #Tokyo's police department. Hired to investigate a high-profile #kidnapping, she infiltrates the gang and kills them off with her signature blood-red handcuffs.

 

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalPoliceWomanDay #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #WiP #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/0ke-nonu-chi-ishou-ding-1974 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:00:35 +0200 新宿泥棒日記 [Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki / Diary of a Shinjuku Thief] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/xin-su-ni-bang-ri-ji-1969 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 新宿泥棒日記 [Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki / Diary of a Shinjuku Thief] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1969)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="occasion" Love Your Bookshop Day/div div class="img" 新宿泥棒日記 (1969)/div div class="caption" Umeko (Rie Yokoyama) in a bookstore. In the foreground a large messy pile of books. DPs: Seizō Sengen & Yasuhiro Yoshioka./div div class="txt" ##### Umeko (Rie Yokoyama) believes to have caught Torio redhanded (Tadanori Yokoo, whose character has been renamed “Birdey” in the English translation), shoplifting from her bookstore. Torio however is a performance actor – and real-world Art Theatre Guild performer – and the act of stealing is part of his research. The young people's encounter sets something in motion. Together them embark on committing crimes in #Tokyo's labyrinthine #Shinjuku neighbourhood and find their mirror images in a #kabuki play. &nbsp; 新宿泥棒日記 is a playful, dangerous exploration of youth and rebellion in a rapidly shifting Japan./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #LoveYourBookshopDay #books #NagisaŌshima #TadanoriYokoo #RieYokoyama #SeizōSengen #YasuhiroYoshioka #NūberuBāgu #ATG #Japan #1960s/div /section ]]>

新宿泥棒日記 [Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki / Diary of a Shinjuku Thief] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1969)

Aug

14

Love Your Bookshop Day

新宿泥棒日記 (1969)

Umeko (Rie Yokoyama) in a bookstore. In the foreground a large messy pile of books. DPs: Seizō Sengen & Yasuhiro Yoshioka.

Umeko (Rie Yokoyama) believes to have caught Torio redhanded (Tadanori Yokoo, whose character has been renamed “Birdey” in the English translation), shoplifting from her bookstore. Torio however is a performance actor – and real-world Art Theatre Guild performer – and the act of stealing is part of his research. The young people's encounter sets something in motion. Together them embark on committing crimes in #Tokyo's labyrinthine #Shinjuku neighbourhood and find their mirror images in a #kabuki play.

 

新宿泥棒日記 is a playful, dangerous exploration of youth and rebellion in a rapidly shifting Japan.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #LoveYourBookshopDay #books #NagisaŌshima #TadanoriYokoo #RieYokoyama #SeizōSengen #YasuhiroYoshioka #NūberuBāgu #ATG #Japan #1960s

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