Inspired by Federico Fellini’s La Strada and a sharp departure from the Nikkatsu Action norm, Glass Johnny stars Shishido as a bike track tout whose mission in life is to make a winner out of a struggling rider (Hirata) and become rich as a result. Before he can achieve this, he becomes the unwilling savior of a pure-hearted, simple-minded prostitute (Ashikawa) on the run from her pimp.
Prior to Glass Johnny, Ashikawa’s portrayals of cute-but-spunky girls had won her a devoted male following-animator Hayao Miyazaki even later used her as a model for his anime heroines. In this film, however, she moves brazenly from childhood to womanhood, while following Giulietta Masina’s journey in La Strada from victimhood to transcendence.

	
Garasu no Joni Yaju no yo ni miete.avi

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Container:  	AVI
Runtime: 	1 h 46 min
Size: 	1.46 GiB
Video
Codec: 	XviD
Resolution: 	720x304 
Aspect ratio:  	2.35:1
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 837 kb/s
BPP: 	0.350
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch MP3 @ 128 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/C55B15FC21D1FF4/Garasu_no_Joni_Yaju_no_yo_ni_miete.avi

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:No Sub

The post Koreyoshi Kurahara – Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete aka Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast (1962) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Set in 1937, this is the story of Asakichi, who is played by Shiuntaro Katsu, best known as being Zatoichi in 26 films. Asakichi has been disowned by his father for gambling, so he heads off to make his living in cockfighting. He, in quick order, wins some money, takes up with a fallen geisha and quickly comes in conflict with the yakuza. Besting their top man, Asakichi, is drawn into the life of a yakuza despite his efforts to remain outside of it.

1.01GB | 1h 46m | 496×368 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/56A87D0ECECF460/Masumura.Yasuzo.Akumyo.shima.arashi.1974.avi

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English hard subs

The post Yasuzo Masumura – Akumyo: shima arashi AKA Bad Reputation: Notorious Dragon (1974) first appeared on Cinema of the World.