Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written by
Produced byKaneo Iwai
Starring
CinematographyShigeyoshi Mine
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release dates
  • May 31, 1964 (1964-05-31) (Japan)
  • December 11, 1964 (1964-12-11) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Gate of Flesh (Japanese: 肉体の門, Hepburn: Nikutai no mon) is a 1964 Japanese film based on a novel by Taijiro Tamura and directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1][2][3] The first of Suzuki's "flesh trilogy" (followed by Story of a Prostitute and Carmen from Kawachi), the series is considered the "crowning achievement" of his period working at the production house Nikkatsu.[4][5] The film is viewed as a direct and allegorical critique of Japan's Occupation and subsequent development, which rather than breaking with the country's pre-war militaristic, authoritarian social structures only sees their reconstitution in the post-war period.[6][7]

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  2. ^ "デジタル大辞泉「肉体の門」の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "肉体の門". wowow. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ Lund, Carson (13 May 2016). "Time and Place are Nonsense! The Cinema According to Seijun Suzuki". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ^ Sharp, Jasper (13 October 2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8108-7541-8.
  6. ^ Yacavone, Peter A. (2023). Negative, Nonsensical, and Non-Conformist: The Films of Suzuki Seijun. University of Michigan Press. p. 171. doi:10.1353/book.112009. ISBN 978-0-472-90347-4.
  7. ^ Ingle, Zachary (1 January 2015). "Seijun Suzuki: Transcending Genre, Offending Nikkatsu". In Berra, John (ed.). Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3. Intellect Books. pp. 168–172. ISBN 978-1-78320-404-5.