Emotion (film)

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Emotion
Japanese name
KanjiEMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnEmotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula
Directed byNobuhiko Obayashi
Written by
  • Kyoko Hanyu
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi
Produced byKyoko Obayashi
Starring
  • Emi Tabata
  • Sari Akasaka
Narrated byDonald Richie (English narration)[1]
Kyoko Hanyu (Japanese narration)
Music byNaoshi Miyazaki
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
39 minutes
CountryJapan
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese

Emotion (EMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ Hepburn: Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula),[2][3] stylized on-screen as Émotion, is a 1966 Japanese experimental short film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.[4] It stars Emi Tabata as Emi, a young woman who travels from a seaside village to a city, where she meets another girl named Sari (Sari Akasaka) and encounters a vampire.[3][additional citation(s) needed]

Cast

  • Emi Tabata as Emi
  • Sari Akasaka as Sari
  • Jinichi Isizaki
  • Keiko Machida
  • Jusin Kitamura
  • Harumi Sō
  • Ichirō Takahasi
  • Tamiko Tachikawa
  • Misuzu Mori
  • Yoshiyuki Oka
  • Sakio Hirata
  • Chigumi Obayashi

Reception

In 2015, David Cairns of

avant-garde cinema certainly shows the influence of commercials, and he never met a gimmick he didn't like, but he can sure compose a shot."[5]

Home media

On 26 October 2010, the Criterion Collection released Obayashi's 1977 feature-length film House on Blu-ray and DVD,[6] with Emotion included as a special feature.[1][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Abrams, Simon (26 October 2010). "DVD Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi's House on the Criterion Collection". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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  4. ^ Hudson, David (13 April 2020). "Beyond House: Nobuhiko Obayashi". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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  6. ^ "House Criterion Collection Blu-ray". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  7. ^ "House (1977)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. ^ Perez, Rodrigo (28 October 2010). "Criterion DVD Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Child-like Psychedelic Ghost Tale, 'House' Is Out There". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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