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• Great Nudity!
• Genres Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
• AKA Heat Shimmer Theater
• Director Seijun Suzuki
• Rated NR
• Theatrical Release August 21, 1981
• US DVD Release March 7, 2006

Two decades after making a name for himself as the cutting-edge creator of Japanese yakuza fare like Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967), Seijun Suzuki broadens his palette somewhat with the lyrical and feverish Kagero-za (1981). The second installment in the director’s Taisho Trilogy, the experimental foray centers on a series of smoldering encounters between a playwright (Yusaku Matsuda) and a … Become a Mr. Skin Member and get the full review

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