Carmen from Kawachi
Encyclopedia
is a 1966
Japanese
B movie
directed by Seijun Suzuki
for the Nikkatsu Corporation
. It is Suzuki's third adaptation of a Toko Kon novel, following The Bastard
and Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
.
1966 in film
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
Japanese
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
B movie
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
directed by Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...
for the Nikkatsu Corporation
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
. It is Suzuki's third adaptation of a Toko Kon novel, following The Bastard
The Bastard (film)
is a 1963 Japanese youth film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu Corporation. It is based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard...
and Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was adapted from a Toko Kon novel, as Suzuki had done with its predecessor The Bastard and would do again with Carmen from Kawachi the following year.-External links:...
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Cast
- Yumiko NogawaYumiko Nogawais a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh , a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including Story of a Prostitute and Carmen from Kawachi , these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy"...
as Tsuyuko Takeda - Ruriko Ito as Senko Takeda
- Chikako Miyagi as Kiku Takeda
- Michio Hino as Yukichi Takeda
- Kayo MatsuoKayo Matsuois a Japanese actress. She retired from acting following the Kobe earthquake.-Partial filmography:# Endless Desire # My Second Brother # Hikaru umi...
as Yukie
External links
- Japan Foundation notes at Cinefiles
- Carmen from Kawachi at the Japanese Movie DatabaseJapanese Movie DatabaseThe , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...