Kyôkatsu koso waga jinsei
A pungent, extremely entertaining tale of hedonistic, amoral blackmailer Matsukata.
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"How can a movie about low-lives using blackmail to get out of their scummy life be so much fun, and still carry a message about social corruption and racism? First, by being restlessly energetic. All the new wave film techniques are used here, jump cuts, flashbacks, moving whirling hand-held cameras, sharp angles.. The movie never slows down except for a few delicious very physical love scenes, the complex story is told through the action. A movie that seems made in a rush and is much better for it. The stylish 60s fashions, amoral but sexy protagonists, pop art photography and snappy music m..."
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Title music, played several times during the film, is ripped off (different but substantially an imitation) from the 1966 Yardbirds' song "Over Under Sideways Down".
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A pungent, extremely entertaining tale of hedonistic, amoral blackmailer Matsukata.