| Description |
4 videodiscs (336 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Eclipse ; Series 37 |
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Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 37, When horror came to Shochiku.
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| Contents |
[Disc 1.] Uchū daikaijū Girara = The x from outer space (1967 ; col. ; 87 min.) -- [Disc 2.] Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro = Goke, body snatcher from Hell (1968 ; col. ; 84 min.) -- [Disc 3.] Kyūketsu dokuro-sen = The living skeleton (1968 ; b&w ; 81 min.) -- [Disc 4.] Konchū daisensō = Genocide (1968 ; col. ; 84 min.) |
| Summary |
Following years of a certain radioactive beast's domination at the box office, many Japanese studios tried to replicate the formula with their own brands of monster movies. One of the most fascinating, if short-lived, dives into that fiendish deep end was the one by Shochiku, a studio better known for elegant dramas by the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu. In 1967 and 1968, the company created four certifiably batty, low-budget fantasies, tales haunted by watery ghosts, plagued by angry insects, and stalked by aliens -- including one in the form of a giant chicken-lizard. Shochiku's outrageous and oozy horror period shows a studio leaping into the unknown, even if only for one brief, bloody moment |
| Notes |
Title from container |
| Credits |
The X From Outer Space: director, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; producer, Wataru Nakajima ; screenplay, Eibu Motomochi, Moriyoshi Ishida, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase, Sentura Okoshi ; editor, Yoshi Sugihara ; music, Taku Izumi |
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Goke, The Body Snatcher From Hell: director, Hajime Sato ; producer, Akira Inomata ; screenplay, Susumu Takahisa, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase ; editor, Akimitsu Terada ; music, Shunsuke Kikuchi |
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The Living Skeleton: director, Hiroshi Matsuno ; producer, Akira Inomata ; screenplay, Kikuma Shimoiizaka, Kyuzo Kobayashi ; cinematography, Masayuki Kato ; editor, Kazuo Ota ; music, Noboru Nishiyama |
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Genocide: director, Kazui Nihonmatsu ; producer, Tsuneo Kosumi ; screenplay, Susumu Takaku ; cinematography, Shizuo Hirase ; editor, Akimitsu Terada ; music, Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Cast |
The X From Outer Space: Shunya Wazaki, Itoko Harada, Shinichi Yanagisawa ; Goke, The Body Snatcher From Hell: Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Hideo Ko ; The Living Skeleton: Kikko Matsuoka, Yasunori Irikawa, Masumi Okada ; Genocide: Keisuke Sonoi, Yusuke Kawazu, Emi Shindo |
| Notes |
DVD, widescreen (2.24:1, 16:9) presentation; Dolby digital mono., NTSC |
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Japanese dialogue; English subtitles |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.
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Extraterrestrial beings -- Drama.
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Aircraft accidents -- Drama.
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Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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Skeleton -- Drama.
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Ships -- Drama.
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Insects -- Drama.
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Hydrogen bomb -- Drama.
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Soldiers -- Drama.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Horror films.
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Science fiction films.
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Sci-Fi
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Drama.
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| Author |
Nihonmatsu, Kazui, director
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Satō, Hajime, 1929-1995, director
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Matsuno, Kōki, 1925- director
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Takaku, Susumu, 1933- author of screenplay
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Motomochi, Eibi, author of screenplay
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Takahisa, Susumu, author of screenplay
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Kobayashi, Kyūzō, 1935-2006, author of screenplay
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Shimoiizaka, Kikuma, 1927-2008, author of screenplay
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Nakajima, Wataru, producer
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Inomata, Akira, 1931- producer
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Kosumi, Tsuneo, producer
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Hirase, Shizuo, cinematographer
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Okoshi, Sentura, cinematographer
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Hirayama-Kato, Masayuki, 1947- cinematographer
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Wazaki, Shunya, 1938- actor
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Harada, Itoko, 1949- actor
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Yanagisawa, Shin'ichi, 1932- actor
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Yoshida, Teruo, 1936- actor
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Satō, Tomomi, 1941- actor
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Kō, Hideo, 1918-2009, actor
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Matsuoka, Kikko, 1947- actor
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Irikawa, Yasunori, 1939-2011, actor
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Okada, Masumi, 1935-2006, actor
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Sonoi, Keisuke, actor
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Kawazu, Yūsuke, actor
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Shindō, Emi, 1949- actor
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604656657 (set) |
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1604656654 (set) |
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9781604656664 (Disc 1) |
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1604656662 (Disc 1) |
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9781604656671 (Disc 2) |
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1604656670 (Disc 2) |
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9781604656688 (Disc 3) |
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1604656689 (Disc 3) |
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9781604656695 (Disc 4) |
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1604656697 (Disc 4) |
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