Takahisa Zeze's The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine, which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from November 19 – December 18, 2019 in Mubi's Luminaries series.Above: Heaven's StoryOne of the carefully hidden programming delights of Venice '19 was a showcase of current Japanese films—industry-only thus not in the general schedule. Among the new releases screened there was (The Promised Land), by Takahisa Zeze—a name a friend remembered fondly from decades ago when Zeze's early pink eiga-masterpieces like when Zeze's early pink eiga-masterpieces like Waisetsu bōsō shūdan: Kemono, Kōkyū Soap Technique 4: Monzetsu higi, Honban Les: Hazukashii taii, or Sukebe tenkomori toured the Western festival circuit as the latest in avant-garde entertainment. As she had the necessary kind of festival badge, this friend was able to enter the screening. A little over two hours later, she exited with glowing eyes wondering: “Why on earth...
- 11/29/2019
- MUBI
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