Zigeunerweisen (1980)

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AKA Tsigoineruwaizen
Director Seijun Suzuki
US DVD Release March 7th, 2006
Country Japan

Japanese maverick Seijun Suzuki kicks off his late-career Taisho trilogy with Zigeunerweisen (1980), an inscrutable period drama set during the opening days of WWII. While on vacation at the seaside, a Japanese professor (Yoshio Harada) develops an obsession with a beautiful and mysterious geisha (Naoko Otani). His attraction is thwarted, however, by a menacing serial killer who coaxes the professor into a sinister … Become a Mr Skin Member and get the full review