Black Lizard (1968) & Black Rose Mansion (1969) Kinji Fukasaku
8693DVD
LEGENDARY DOUBLE
FEATURE BY KINJI FUKASAKU
FILM 1
BLACK LIZARD
(1968) 86 MINUTES
director Kinji Fukasaku
starring: Akihiro Maruyama · Isao Kimura · Junya Usami
· Yukio Mishima
FILM 2
BLACK ROSE
MANSION (1969)
90 MINUTES
director Kinji Fukasaku
starring: Akihiro Maruyama · Eitaro Ozawa · Masakazu Tamura
· Kikko Matsuoka
Delicious.
Is there a better way to describe these two movies from master filmmaker
Kinji Fukasaku? Divinely delicious. Renowned transvestite Akihiro
Maruyama is 'Black Lizard,' the brilliant female boss to a gang
of criminals. She has planned a double-pronged caper: the theft of the
1.2 million dollar diamond Star of Egypt and the kidnapping of the jeweler's
pretty daughter Sanae. But Black Lizard is foiled at every turn by an
equally brilliant detective Kogoro Akechi [an endearing character from
legendary writer Edogawa Rampo]. Eventually the robbery transpires and
Sanae is captured by Black Lizard, who then reveals her master plan
of killing Sanae and adding her to a zombie 'doll museum' under the
mansion (!).
After
the tremendous success of BLACK LIZARD,
Shochiku Studios quickly brought Fukasaku and Maruyama back for a sequel,
BLACK ROSE MANSION. In this film - after a bank-job gets horribly botched
- a gangster goes on the lam, taking refuge inside an old haunted mansion.
There, he meets Madam Black Rose [Black Lizard] with decidedly disastrous
results.
Both
films stand as true monuments of Japanese cinema. Stylishly bizarre.
Exquisitely perverse. Pop-art chic from one of the country's most respected
filmmakers, Kinji Fukasaku. Sadly, Mr Fukasaku would die at age 72 in
January 2003, from prostate cancer, shortly after directing BATTLE
ROYALE. An exclusive interview with Kinji Fukasaku was published
in Asian
Cult Cinema magazine #17.
Two
Japanese films on two discs,
both with English subtitles, (86 + 90 min), widescreen,
encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine.
Extras include original theatrical trailers.
Violence/Sexual
Brutality/SemiNudity/Transgender/Adult Themes
Intended for Mature Audiences
