Eclipse Series 21: OSHIMA'S OUTLAW SIXTIES: OSHIMA, Nagisa: Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
In Nagisa Oshima's enigmatic tale, four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path. Oshima's hypnotic, free-form depiction of generational political apathy features stunning color cinematography.
103 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writers
Nagisa Oshima was 35 when he directed Sing a Song of Sex.
Screenplay by Oshima, Toshio Tajima and Takeshi Tamura.
Other Oshima films in the Collection:
#1321: Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Eclipse Series 21: Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Eclipse Series 21: Violence at Noon (1966)
Eclipse Series 21: Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
#798: Death by Hanging (1968)
#466: In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
#467: Empire of Passion (1978)
#535: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Film
Screenplay by Oshima, Toshio Tajima and Takeshi Tamura.
Other Oshima films in the Collection:
#1321: Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Eclipse Series 21: Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Eclipse Series 21: Violence at Noon (1966)
Eclipse Series 21: Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
#798: Death by Hanging (1968)
#466: In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
#467: Empire of Passion (1978)
#535: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Film






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