Cinematheque . Film Schedule . Uzumasa Limelight
Uzumasa Raimuraito
Japan
| 2014 | Ken Ochiai
This heartfelt tribute to classic samurai films stars septuagenarian Seizō Fukumoto, the most killed stunt man (kirare-yaku or “sliced actor”) in Japanese cinema history. (He has died by the sword more than 50,000 times on screen.) Fukumoto essentially plays himself in this nostalgic new movie whose title references Chaplin’s Limelight; he’s an expendable bit player who has perished spectacularly in countless period samurai films but is now old and underemployed, especially with the passing of the chanbara heyday. Things look up when he finds an unlikely new disciple in a young woman who wants to learn the dying art of dying. “This loving tribute to the unsung heroes of cinema has immense appeal…Movie magic.” –The L.A. Times.
http://www.uzumasalimelight.com
Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. Blu-ray. 103 min.
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