The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
Direction
Nakahira's final film — unrestrained, almost self-immolating.
Cinematography
Canvas-like compositions that bleed into flesh.
Acting
Akaji Maro's volcanic presence as the doomed Kinzo.
Director
Kō Nakahira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's pink film boom, this was Nikkatsu's attempt at 'respectable' transgression — art house sleaze with historical weight.
Nakahira died just two years after this release; many consider it his spiteful farewell to a career spent fighting studio constraints.
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