Yoshihiko now lives with a couple of old friends, a married couple, Ryosuke and Aya. They share a past in several senses. It was Ryosuke who walked off with Yoshihiko’s girlfriend Aya. In doing so, he broke up with his own girlfriend, Reiko. Now they are all back together again and old feelings begin to surface. The complex relationship and history between the four gradually becomes apparent: Yoshihiko was convicted and imprisoned during the student movement.

Directorial debut of Haruhiko Arai.

Body and Soul (1997).mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2h 6mn
Size: 	4.56 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
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#1:  	2.0ch AAC @ 113 Kbps (Stereo)

https://nitro.download/view/AF82E3A23DA75C1/Body_and_Soul_(1997).mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:None

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Synopsis
Here’s a terrific updating of the 1956 Nikkatsu classic Crazed Fruit; a new version that is superior to the original. While the original was a seminal sun tribe classic, the new version examines the 1980s Japanese youth from a more intimate, less political perspective. Consequently, it’s a remake in name only. The film focuses on the unstable relationship between two youngsters: a guy working in a sex club and a rich girl who trades her stepfather lover for a younger boyfriend just for a change. Neither one of them really understand each other – or themselves. Like many of director Kichitaro Negishi’s other films, this movie would also be more at home in Art Theatre Guild’s catalogue than in the Roman Porno series where it was released (Negishi’s next film, Distant Thunder, was, in fact, an ATG production). The film features all of Negishi’s strengths: energetic visual approach, terrific use of pop music, freezy outdoor scenes, and quiet moments which challenge the viewer to analyze the complex characters. The last 5 minutes features some of the most stylish cinema even seen in the Roman Porno genre. Acting is thoroughly great as well. Lead actor Yûji Honma comes from Art Theatre Guild and the female star Yuki Ninagawa likewise has mainstream background. Neither one of them ever appeared in another Roman Porno production. Supporting actors are just as good: Eiji Okada (Hiroshima mon amour), talented Roman Porno regular Nobutaka Masutomi, and Eiko Nagashima whose performance as child-like, miserable yet energetic hooker is strangely toughing and one of the film’s highlights. – HungFist @ BnB

Awards
3rd Yokohama Film Festival – Best Director
3rd Yokohama Film Festival – Best New Actress

Kurutta.kajitsu.AKA.Crazed.Fruit.1981.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-TM.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 24 min
Size: 	1.78 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x418 
Aspect ratio:  	2.450
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 800 kb/s
BPP: 	0.273
Audio
#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/BB9E7EE975EAD38/Kurutta.kajitsu.AKA.Crazed.Fruit.1981.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-TM.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Kichitaro Negishi – Kurutta kajitsu AKA Crazed Fruit (1981) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
This is an excellent piece of cinema, about life of yakuza (gangster) and his family. Ryuji tries to quit yakuza and spend a decent life with his wife Mariko and daughter Aya…but as he’s used to getting easy money, it’d become hard for him to work hard and get little. Eventually he’s back to where he belongs.

2.49GB | 1h 32m | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/453C19F37FBF20F/Toru_Kawashima_-_(1983)_Ryuji.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

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