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Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow

1962 [JAPANESE]

Drama / Fantasy

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996.83 MB
1280*544
Japanese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.81 GB
1920*816
Japanese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Synss9 / 10

Do not love: inside is emptiness

Movies by Uchida Tomu were subtitled very recently and are only shown at festivals... but not to be missed.

Here, the demonstration is done that Love never works, through three (or is it one? --- it is one) impossible-love-stories.

It could seem to start like an epic movie, but it is definitely not so: Mixing elements of noh, kabuki and kinky erotic; assumed filmed theater and "normal" movie; and much more, the movie is never messy. The story is complex enough and can be seen a different levels, but it remains clear and understandable. That is art and entertainment. And not depressing though the subject is not optimistic.

Another extremely good Japanese movie from the 60's.

Reviewed by schererjul9 / 10

a thoroughly, deliberately crafted film

"Koiya koi nasuna koi" is a film I would characterize as the opposite of "crazy". Everything about it was skillfully and deliberately crafted, controlled.

Ironic that it is over forty years old. Contemporary films could use more of its use and mastery of creative technology. As example are some science fiction films I've seen in the past ten years: a tremendous amount of money, time and effort spent on technology that ultimately resulted in a "muddy-ing" (darkening and blurring) of the image. What is a film, if not the visual image? "Koiya koi nasuna koi" possesses fresh, original colors and image clarity.

I was really touched by the combination of theater, animation, legend/mythology, history, love and ghost stories that created a compelling, totally memorable experience for the viewer. Praise for director, crew and actors.

Reviewed by AugusteB7 / 10

A crazy colorful tale with a forbidden love between a fox and a man

This is a film to proof that there are different ways to tell a story. We are so used to watch the Hollywood style. This film incorporates animation, kabuki and Butoh, colorized experiments, collapsing sets, animal masks (where you realize it is your fantasy which makes the illusion complete and not a perfect computer animation!). It's a crazy colorful tale about a court fortune teller driven mad by a murder, who ends up marrying a fox in human form. Erika Gregor, the formal Berlinale-Forum curator said about the film: "No film in recent years has surprised, fascinated, and also moved me as much." The beginning is a bit dry but it is worth waiting until the magic begins.

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