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"Remembering Kenji Misumi"
Topic Started: Sep 14 2014, 01:14 PM (219 Views)
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http://www.midnighteye.com/features/remembering-kenji-misumi/


In Japan, Misumi, as surprising at is may seem, is generally not considered a director worthy of study, whereas such Daiei colleagues as Kazuo Mori, Tokuzo Tanaka and Yasuzo Masumura have already attracted the attention of film critics.

Conversely, Kenji Misumi has become in the West one of the most written about chanbara directors. His Baby Cart movies continue to fascinate and enthral - more often than not for reasons of gore - while some of his lesser-known films - such as Sword Devil (Kenki, 1965) or Destiny's Son (Kiru, 1962) - have begun to get major critical acclaim. Therefore, the time seems to be ripe to reveal how Misumi is considered in Japan, and how accurate or misguided the vision that Westerners have of his films might be.

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His best films display an elaborate visual language whose semi-abstraction often defied the commercial law of the time, which was to shoot entertainment pictures as fast as possible.

Like Teinosuke Kinugasa, his mentor, Misumi revelled in impressionism, whose aim is to redefine reality through the art of montage and visual abstractions. Some of his collaborators reveal that Misumi really devoted himself to refining and surpassing his visual artistry - though not always with success.
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