Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023

View other Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Films by strand: Another Birth. Iranian Cinema Here and Now., Crystal Globe Competition, Horizons, Imagina, Midnight Screenings, Proxima Competition, Special Screenings

Nakano Spy School Nakano Spy School
Nakano Spy School and Hoodlum Soldier
All Mixed Up (Manji) (Country: Japan; Year: 1964; Director: Yasuzô Masumura)
A childless, unhappy wife falls under the spell of the beguiling art pupil Mitsuko.
The Black Test Car (Kuro no tesuto ka) (Country: Japan; Year: 1962; Director: Yasuzô Masumura)
Noir about a mole in a car firm.
The Blind Beast (Mōjū) (Country: Japan; Year: 1969; Director: Yasuzô Masumura)
A blind sculptor, with the aid of his mother, kidnaps an aspiring virginal model in order to create the world’s most sensorial sculpture.
A Cheerful Girl (Aozora musume) (Country: Japan; Year: 1957; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Yoshio Shirasaka; Stars: Ayako Wakao, Kenji Sugawara, Keizo Kawasaki)
A high school student goes in search of her estranged cleaning lady mother and her businessman father, who never acknowledged her.
Giants And Toys (Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Yoshio Shirasaka, based on the work of Ken Kaiko; Stars: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Hideo Takamatsu)
Corporate satire of three caramel candy companies fighting for Japan’s hearts and pockets.
Hoodlum Soldier (Heitai yakuza) (Country: Japan; Year: 1965; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Ryuzo Kikushima; Stars: Shintaro Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Keiko Awaji)
This buddy comedy centers on the unlikely friendship between a hell-raising ex-yakuza gangster unwillingly turned into a soldier and a meek pacifist intellectual.
Kisses (Kuchizuke) (Country: Japan; Year: 1957; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Kazuo Funahashi based on the work of Matsutaro Kawaguchi; Stars: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Eitaro Ozawa)
Romance blossoms between a young man and woman whose fathers are both in jail.
Nakano Spy School (Rikungun Nakano) (Country: Japan; Year: 1966; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Seiji Hoshikawa; Stars: Raizo Ichikawa, Mayumi Ogawa, Daisuke Kato)
An idealistic young man finds himself recruited in Japan’s first military intelligence school and faced with ethical choices.
The Red Angel (Akai tenshi) (Year: 1966; Director: Yasuzô Masumura)
A young nurse is transformed from a rape victim into the titular angel when she starts gifting her patients with sexual relief before their inevitable death.
The Spider Tattoo (Irezumi) (Country: Japan; Year: 1966; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Kaneto Shindo based on the work of Junichiro Tanizaki; Stars: Ayako Wakao. Akio Hasegawa, Gaku Yamamoto)
A woman forced into prostitution becomes a murderess out for revenge.
The Wife's Confession (Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru) (Year: 1961; Director: Yasuzô Masumura; Writer: Masato Ide based on the work of Masaya Maruyama; Stars: Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eitaro Ozawa)
A young wife Ayako stands trial for the suspected murder of her abusive husband during a fateful mountaineering accident.
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema

London Korean Film Festival

Leeds International Film Festival

Belfast Film Festival

Thessaloniki International Film Festival
International showcase

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.


DJDT

Versions

Time

Settings from settings.local

Headers

Request

SQL queries from 1 connection

Templates (8 rendered)

Cache calls from 2 backends

Signals