Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (Sanada fuunroku)
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Auditorium, Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
6510
Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (Sanada fuunroku)
Directed by Kato Tai, 1963 (35mm, 100 min., color)
Print courtesy of the Japan Foundation.
Synopsis: The legend of the ten Sanada warriors who fought against the Tokugawas is turned into a musical by the masterful Kato Tai, but it is all really about the alienation of 1960s youth. Starring Nakamura Kinnosuke.
SINGULAR SAMURAI
A series of samurai films slightly off the beaten track, featuring singing samurai, a samurai Cyrano de Bergerac, and even the samurai who inspired Star Wars, directed by such masters as Kurosawa Akira, Inagaki Hiroshi, and Kato Tai.
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In Conjunction with "Japanese Cinema before 1960" FILM 446/JAPN 270/LITR 384/JAPN 587
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