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Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs (A)

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 103 mins

Original Title

Nihon Shunka-Kô...aka: Sing a Song of Sex
  • Director: Nagisa Ôshima
  • Writer: Nagisa Ôshima; Mamoru Sasaki

CGiii Comment

Inaccessible and dreary.

Nagisa Ôshima not a man known for his light-hearted touch..

Big on imagery, dependent on dour...and, sluggish with the narrative.

It's a hard slog through to the end with little (or no) satisfaction whatsoever.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Four high school students preparing for their university entrance exam fantasize about a classmate, and meet up with thier inebriated teacher, while singing bawdy drinking songs.

Cast & Characters

Ichirô Araki;
Koji Iwabuchi;
Kazuyoshi Kushida;
Hiroshi Satô;
Kazuko Tajima