A Japanese Ballad of a Thin Man. Add this to the list of rare Wakamatsu films.
From Nicholas Rucka:
With a sensationally violent and squelchy opening that sets up the plot of a father searching for his child’s murderer through the Shinjuku underworld, Shinjuku Mad never lets up its relentless assault as the blood flies, the bodies pile and the suffocating alienation multiplies like H1N1 in a school playground, all while Japanese '70s space rock band Food Brain provides harrowing cuts of fuzzy skronk on the soundtrack. The film was embraced by college students, artists and intellectuals upon its release, for its abrasive style and its honest countercultural insight (hippies and bikers are to be equally mistrusted!) Scripted by Wakamatsu’s partner in crime and leftist political radical, Masao Adachi, this film is purportedly one of Wakamatsu’s personal favorites for its "…vicarious portrait of Swinging Shinjuku in its vibrant heyday, making full use of local landmarks…" One of six(!) films Wakamatsu released in 1970.
Technical Information:
Title: 新宿マッド/Shinjuku Mad
Year: 1970
Country: Japan
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu
Source: DVD5 Retail
DVD Format: NTSC
Container: .iso + mds
Size: 4.31 GB
Length: 1:06:10
Programs used: ImgBurn
Resolution: 720x480
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video: MPEG2 @ ~6200 kb/s
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Audio: 日本語 Japanese- Dolby AC3 @ 448 kb/s
Subtitles: English
Menu: Yes
Video: Untouched
DVD Extras: Wakamatsu Interview, Photo Gallery
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