Samurai fiction
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Samurai fiction |
| Original title | SF: Episode One |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hiroyuki Nakano |
| script |
Hiroyuki Nakano Hiroshi Saito |
| production |
Mitsuru Itô Hiroto Kimura |
| music | Tomoyasu Hotei |
| camera | Yujiro Yajima |
| occupation | |
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Samurai Fiction , also known as SF: Episode One , is a 96% black and white film that follows the standard plot for a Jidai-geki - Samurai film. Exceptionally in the film is that of Tomoyasu Hotei coming rock 'n' roll soundtrack, which the film from other samurai films, for example, works of Akira Kurosawa inspired differs.
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The plot revolves around Inukai Heishiro, played by Fukikoshi Mitsuru , the son of a nobleman. One of his family's most prized heirlooms, a sword, a gift from the Shogun , was stolen from the samurai Kazamatsuri, played by Tomoyasu Hotei. Heishiro insists, against his father's advice, that he retrieve the sword himself. He is accompanied by two friends. At the first encounter with Kazamatsuri, Heishiro is wounded in battle and one of his companions dies to Kazamatsuri's sword. Heishiro is rescued by the old samurai Mizoguchi and taken in by him and his adopted daughter. Heishiro has nothing else in mind than to regain the sword. Despite the attempts of the old samurai to dissuade him from this mission, Heishiro sets out again to face Kazamatsuri in order to call the sword his own again.
Background information
Samurai Fiction was the first full-length feature film by director and screenwriter Hiroyuki Nakano , originally a music video director . His experiences with rock and roll music videos are evident in the nature of the film and, no doubt, in the soundtrack. The film was released as the first in a series titled "SF". The films will only be loosely related in plot or characters. Nakano's plan is to learn about the different types of genres in the film, each film title starting with the letters "SF". So far, however, only one other film has appeared in this series, Stereo Future in 2001. Samurai Fiction was also the first film role of Japanese rock star Tomoyasu Hotei .
Because the film was shot almost entirely in black and white as an homage to old samurai films, this allows for an artistic and dramatic use of colors. This has been most clearly used when a character is killed and the screen turns red for a moment. Also at the beginning and at the end, colors were incorporated as a dramatic effect.
The film is characterized by some amusing inside jokes and innuendos. For example, the sword the film is about belongs to Toshirō Mifune , star of some of Akira Kurosawa's samurai films. Connections with films such as Pulp Fiction and other modern films also become clear.
Web links
- Samurai Fiction in the Internet Movie Database (English)