It might be said that besides murder-mysteries, no other genre rejoices as much in the deaths of its human pawns for a satisfying puzzle. The only one to match this gleeful indulgence and exploitation might be pink film. Chusei Sone's Agatha Christie-esque “Case of the Disjointed Murder” marries these 2 cinematic phenomena in an explosion of violent elegance. Though unequal in its attempts at profundity, “Case of the Disjointed Murder” earns memory as a conflicted venture, made during Sone's ironic struggle to depart from pink filmmaking – an artistic struggle that eventually led to his own, equally mysterious disappearance.
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Sone's beginnings as a cinephile for foreign titles distributed by Art Theatre Guild (Atg) possibly cemented that he would always have a taste for the arthouse. Despite becoming a veteran director of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series by 1977, his...
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Sone's beginnings as a cinephile for foreign titles distributed by Art Theatre Guild (Atg) possibly cemented that he would always have a taste for the arthouse. Despite becoming a veteran director of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series by 1977, his...
- 1/6/2024
- by Renee Ng
- AsianMoviePulse
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