Koreyoshi Kurahara

Intimidation

Intimidation

Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation (Aru kyouhaku) is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1960
  • 65 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 2.20:1
  • Japanese

Available In

Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara

Eclipse 28: Koreyoshi Kurahara

DVD Box Set

5 Discs

$55.96

Intimidation
Cast
Nobuo Kaneko
Kyosuke Takita
Mari Shiraki
Umeha
Akira Nishimura
Matakichi Nakaike
Kojiro Kusanagi
Shinji Kumaki
Zenji Yamada
Ono
Jun Hamamura
Nozaki
Yoko Kozono
Kumiko
Credits
Director
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Producer
Ryoji Motegi
Original story
Kyo Takigawa
Screenplay
Osamu Kawase
Cinematography
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Production design
Kazuhiko Chiba
Editing
Akira Suzuki
Music
Masaru Sato

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Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara
Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara
Intimidation: The Weird Dream MakerImpassioned and dedicated craftsman of some of Japanese cinema’s biggest box-office successes and most eccentric off-genre sorties, longtime Nikkatsu studios mainstay Koreyoshi Kurahara (1927–2002) was a film…

By Chuck Stephens