Three Resurrected Drunkards

Three Resurrected Drunkards
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNagisa Ōshima
Written byMasao Adachi
Mamoru Sasaki
Tsutomu Tamura
Nagisa Ōshima
Based on"Kaette kita yopparai" by The Folk Crusaders
Produced byMasayuki Nakajima
Starring
CinematographyYasuhiro Yoshioka
Edited byKeiichi Uraoka
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
company
Sozosha
Release date
  • March 30, 1968 (1968-03-30) (Japan)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Three Resurrected Drunkards (Japanese: 帰って来たヨッパライ, Hepburn: Kaette kita yopparai) is a Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It was based on the hit song "Kaette kita yopparai" by The Folk Crusaders, a folk and pop music group that also appeared in the film. It was released on March 30, 1968, in Japan.

Plot

Three young men go to the beach. Someone steals their clothes while they swim, and replaces them with ones that then leave the three mistaken for illegal aliens. In a commentary on the way Korean immigrants are treated in Japan, the three must then flee from the authorities, who are presented in a ridiculing light.

Cast

Cast:

Home media

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection as part of their Eclipse Series.

References

  1. ↑ Kehr, Dave (14 May 2010). "A Restless Rebel Trading in Sex and the Absurd". New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Katte kita yopparai" (in Japanese). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Film Center.
  3. ↑ Three Resurrected Drunkards. Movies.film-cine.com. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  4. ↑ Three Resurrected Drunkards.Nagisa Ōshima. Criterion.com. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  5. ↑ Three Resurrected Drunkards. Imdb.com. Retrieved 2014.09.30.
  6. ↑ "Three Resurrected Drunkards". The Criterion Collection.