Buraikan
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
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"A strange and thought-provoking film. At first glance, "The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan" is a period drama, retelling the repressive "reforms" of Lord Mizuno in 1841-42: he banned theater, gambling, prostitution, luxurious food. The film follows residents of Edo's Red Light District - geishas, gamblers, desperate losers, dreamers - and their response to life under Mizuno's "reforms". The story is played out in a highly theatrical manner: there are some heroic actions, but no real heroes in this story. Like Kurosawa's "Dodes'ka-den&q..."
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Official submission of Japan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 43rd Academy Awards in 1971.
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An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.