Mad, Bad... & Dangerous to Know: Three Untamed Beauties

Festival

Festival presentation:

March 31 - April 18

At the opposite end of the stereotype of docile Japanese women—heroic good mothers, chaste daughters and hardworking faithful wives—actresses Ayako Wakao, Mariko Okada and Meiko Kaji embodied the transgression of limits, breaking rules, flouting norms and generally upsetting everyone.

This series explores the idea of unconventional beauty that these spellbinding actresses created through an unparalleled body of films. Both Wakao and Okada were muses and inspiration for two major film directors, Yasuzo Masumura and Kiju (Yoshishige) Yoshida, respectively, while Kaji navigated between filmmakers, a wild card of Japanese cinema at the time. Put together, their films delineate what one could call an aesthetic of “convulsive beauty” (André Breton).

Featuring a line-up of 13 films of many different genre, from anti-melodrama to jidaigeki, girl gang movies to women in prison films, with entries from Kiju Yoshida, Yasuzo Masumura and Toshiya Fujita. Don't miss the DRESSED TO KILL party following the opening screening of "Tattoo," Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Visit http://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/mad_bad__dangerous_to_know for full line-up and schedule.

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Theme:

Japanese Films

Category/Format:

Fiction Features

Festival Info

Price info:

$11/$7 members, students & seniors

Next Festival Dates:

03/31/2010 - 04/18/2010

SCHEDULE

AYAKO WAKAO: PASSION MADE FLESH

TATTOO

A.K.A. THE SPIDER TATTOO

刺青 (Irezumi)
Directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1966
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Opening screening followed by
the DRESSED TO KILL! party.

RED ANGEL

赤い天使 (Akai Tenshi)
Directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1966
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM

SEISAKU'S WIFE

清作の妻 (Seisaku no tsuma)
Directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1965
Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM

A WIFE CONFESSES

妻は告白する (Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru)
Directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1961
Friday, April 2, 2010 at 8:30 PM

MEIKO KAJI: A MAD, BAD UNHOLY EASTER WEEKEND

FEMALE PRISONER #701: SCORPION

女囚７０１号　さそり (Joshuu 701-go: Sasori)
Directed by Shunya Ito, 1972
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 3:00 PM

STRAY CAT ROCK: SEX HUNTER

野良猫ロック・セックスハンター
(Nora-neko rokku: Sekkusu hanta)
Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 5:00 PM

LADY SNOWBLOOD:

BLIZZARD FROM THE NETHERWORLD

修羅雪姫 (Shura-yuki-hime)
Directed by Toshiya Fujita, 1973
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 7:30 PM

LADY SNOWBLOOD: LOVE SONG OF VENGEANCE

修羅雪姫: 怨み恋歌 (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga)
Directed by Toshiya Fujita, 1974
Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM

FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAILHOUSE 41

女囚さそり第４１雑居房 (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bo)
Directed by Shunya Ito, 1972
Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 5:00 PM

MARIKO OKADA: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE ADULTERESS

IMPASSE

A.K.A. FLAME AND WOMEN AND FLAME OF FEELING

炎と女 (Hono to onna)
Directed by Kiju Yoshida, 1967
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM

THE AFFAIR

情炎 (Joen)
Directed by Kiju Yoshida, 1967
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM

WOMAN OF THE LAKE

女のみづうみ (Onna no mizuumi)
Directed by Kiju Yoshida, 1966
Sunday April 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM

TWO WIVES

妻二人 (Tsuma futari)
Directed by Yasuzo Masumura, 1967
Sunday April 18, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Festival Organization

Name:

Japan Society Film Program

Address:

Japan Society

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333 East 47th Street

City:

New York

State:

Zip code:

10017

Country:

United States