{"id":20407,"date":"2023-11-20T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=20407"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:24:51","slug":"japan-society-presents-taisho-roman-fever-dreams-of-the-great-rectitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=20407","title":{"rendered":"Japan Society Presents “Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan Society<\/b>\u00a0has announced the\u00a0Taisho Roman<\/i>:\u00a0Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a six-film series running\u00a0December 9-16.\u00a0<\/b>This exclusive two-week event will bring together premiere and rarely-seen screenings of Japanese films from the 1920s to the 1980s all focused on dreamlike and nightmarish depictions of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Japan\u2019s own \u201cRoaring \u201820s\u201d.<\/p>\n

From horror to cult classics, to provocative arthouse films,\u00a0Taisho Roman\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is the first time this selection of films from some of Japan\u2019s most radical filmmakers will be presented together. And from the International Premiere of a new 4K Restoration to ultra-rare 35mm prints imported from Japan,\u00a0Taisho Roman\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is your only chance to see these spellbinding tales. This is a can\u2019t miss event for NYC cinephiles exclusively presented at\u00a0Japan Society\u00a0<\/b>(333 East 47th Street).<\/p>\n

Coined in reflective terms, \u201cTaisho Roman<\/i>\u201d (short for romanticism) brings a nostalgia for the libertine pre-war\u00a0<\/i>era that preceded the militaristic Showa period and its imperialist displays.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaisho is the best,<\/i>\u201d\u00a0Seijun Suzuki<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>would wryly proclaim when considering the period of his birth. A new era born from the passing of Meiji, the Taisho period, with its elaborate, decadent fantasies, amounted to Japan\u2019s own\u00a0belle epoque<\/i>\u2013a short-lived age where Western thought, modernization, liberalism and arts would convene. This was a time of juxtapositions amidst changing mores, social trends and attitudes \u2013 from the blending of Western and Japanese cultures and the rise of hedonistic ideals, to Taisho\u00a0<\/i>democracy and the beginnings of\u00a0ero guro<\/i>\u2014the all-too-brief epoch signified \u201cgreat righteousness\u201d or \u201crectitude.\u201d Its tranquility, however, was abruptly upended with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, followed by a tide of ethnic and political violence, rising militarism, and the death of the sickly Emperor Taisho in 1926.<\/p>\n

Drawing inspiration from the otherworldly writings of\u00a0Kyoka Izumi<\/b>,\u00a0Hyakken Uchida<\/b>,\u00a0Kyusaku Yumeno<\/b>\u00a0and beyond, The\u00a0Taisho Roman<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>series\u00a0<\/i>presents films from some of Japan\u2019s most radical filmmakers\u2014Shuji Terayama<\/b>,\u00a0Toshio Matsumoto<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Akio Jissoji<\/b>\u2014whose approach to the prosperous period is marked by creative, daring, and distorted re-imaginings. The results offer a nostalgia from a bygone age that never really existed.<\/p>\n

Opening on\u00a0December 9th\u00a0<\/b>with an ultra-rare\u00a0imported 35mm print<\/b>\u00a0of the head-spinning\u00a0Dogra Magra\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(1988),\u00a0<\/i><\/b>the final feature by\u00a0Funeral Parade of Roses<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>director\u00a0Toshio Matsumoto<\/b>, series selections include an imported 35mm print of\u00a0Shuji Terayama\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0Kyoka Izumi adaptation\u00a0Grass Labyrinth<\/i><\/b>; 1926 Taisho-era\u00a0<\/i>production\u00a0A Page of Madness<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0<\/i>Teinosuke Kinugasa<\/b>\u2019s singular expressionist work based on a story by influential novelist\u00a0Yasunari Kawabata<\/b>;\u00a0<\/b>the international premiere of a 4K restoration of\u00a0Seijun Suzuki<\/b>\u2019s critically-lauded\u00a0Zigeunerweisen<\/i><\/b>;\u00a0<\/i>Teruo Ishii\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>deranged\u00a0Edogawa Ranpo\u00a0<\/b>adaptation\u00a0Horrors of Malformed Men\u00a0<\/i><\/b>featuring\u00a0butoh<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>founder\u00a0Tatsumi Hijikata<\/b>; and late 80s occult fantasy epic\u00a0Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Taisho Roman<\/i><\/b>\u00a0captures an obsession with madness, morbidity, and perversions within the decadence of the time. Despite its short-lived permanence, the legacy of the Taishoperiod (not unlike that of the Edo era), has become the object of fascination among filmmakers for its cultural and political shifts\u2014lending itself to be an open canvas for romanticized depictions of the era.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/b>\u201cExploring one of Japan\u2019s most fascinating periods, Taisho Roman<\/i><\/b>\u00a0pulls from some of Japanese literature\u2019s most occult and imaginative texts\u2014writings that to this day remain untranslated,\u201d said\u00a0Alexander Fee<\/b>, Japan Society\u2019s Film Programmer and curator of this series. \u201cFeaturing films that range from exploitation to avant-garde and angura, this series collects both well-known and forgotten works that envisage differing realities of the often-mythologized era of Japanese history.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Tickets for each film screening are $16 (general admission), $14 (students and seniors), and $12 (Japan Society members.)<\/b><\/p>\n

Specially priced tickets for the\u00a0December 9th\u00a0<\/b>screening of\u00a0Grass Labyrinth<\/i><\/b>\u00a0are\u00a0$10 (general admission), $8 (students and seniors) and $5 (Japan Society members.)<\/b><\/p>\n

Screenings take place in\u00a0Japan Society\u2019s landmarked headquarters at 333 East 47th Street<\/b>, one block from the United Nations. Lineup and other details subject to change.<\/p>\n

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