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DESCRIPTION:Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6:30 p.m.\nPFA Theater:\n\nShiro Amakusa, the 
 Christian Rebel\n(Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, a.k.a. The Revolutionary)\nNagisa 
 Oshima (Japan, 1962)\n\nOshima’s take on the samurai film was a for-hire 
 work for Toei and its teen hearthrob Hashizo Okawa, but it is also one of 
 the director’s most accessible, visually stunning films, complete with 
 brilliant chiaroscuro widescreen photography, sweeping long takes, and a 
 rousing call to arms against oppression and injustice. A dazzling 
 pre-credits sequence, over five minutes long and seemingly lit by candle 
 and bonfire, serenely glides from long-distance group shot through frenetic 
 action to a final close-up of a Christian icon, and sets the stage for the 
 bloody 1637 Shimabura Rebellion of oppressed peasants (mainly Christians) 
 against their brutal overlords. Massive group action scenes are juxtaposed 
 with haunting visual miniatures—a woman’s body in a koi pond, whip 
 marks on flesh—to reveal both the macro and micro aspects of revolution. 
 Shrouded in darkness and with a moody cello score and somber, gliding 
 camera work, filled with political commentary attuned more to 1962 than to 
 1637, it’s as far from the cliches of its genre as a samurai film can 
 be.\n—Jason Sanders\n\n• Written and directed by Nagisa Oshima. 
 Photographed by Shintaro Kawasaki. With Hashizo Okawa, Ryutaro Otomo, 
 Satomi Oka, Rentaro Mikuni. (100 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, 
 B&W, 35mm, From Kawakita Memorial Film Institute, permission Toei)\n\nThe 
 above was copied almost verbatim from the Pacific Film Archive online 
 calendar and posted here by Aaron Aarons, who hasn't seen this film 
 yet.\n\nFor ticket prices and 
 information:\nhttp://bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/14/18601642.php
SUMMARY:Japanese Samurai-style film based on 1637 peasant rebellion
LOCATION:Pacific Film Archive Theater\n2575 Bancroft Way\nBetween College and 
 Telegraph on UC Berkeley campus.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/14/18601642.php
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