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