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Koji Wakamatsu worship!
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Originally posted by Takuma View Post35mm, in Tokyo a few years ago.
It actually played in Finnish cinemas in the 60s as well, it seems. It's quite suprising what kind of Japanese stuff got released in Europe back then... Wakamatsu, Teruo Ishii films, occasional Sukeban film, Roman Porno, and sometimes a completely random yakuza film or drama...
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I rented Erotic Liaisons (1992) and were surprised by how lame it was. Felt like a TV film. Uchida looked sleepy, Miyazawa tended to be irritating, and the gunplay at the end was just embarrassing. Sure, it was cool to see Uchida in Paris speaking French and English, but the 1978 version by Yasuharu Hasebe was so much more stylish, more erotic, had a 10 times better score, cinematography that oozed noir, and Miyazawa's character was much better played by Reiko Kayama.
There's an interview in Chris D's book where Wakamatsu had the following to say
"I made a couple of films like Les Liaisons Erotique. That was a fiasco even before Hasebe quit. These films were boring, too."
I wonder what was Hasebe's role before he quit? Anyone know? Was Hasebe supposed to direct this remake like he did the original? Or just write (he's credited as one screenwriter... rather naturally though since he wrote the original)?
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