Emotion (film)
1966 Japanese short film
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Emotion (EMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ Hepburn: Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula),[2][3] stylized on-screen as Émotion, is a 1966 Japanese experimental short film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.[4] It stars Emi Tabata as Emi, a young woman who travels from a seaside village to a city, where she meets another girl named Sari (Sari Akasaka) and encounters a vampire.[3][additional citation(s) needed]
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| Kanji | EMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ | ||||
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| Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi | ||||
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| Produced by | Kyoko Obayashi | ||||
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| Narrated by | Kyoko Hanyu (Japanese) Donald Richie (English)[1] | ||||
| Music by | Naoshi Miyazaki | ||||
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Running time | 39 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
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Cast
- Emi Tabata as Emi
- Sari Akasaka as Sari
- Jinichi Isizaki
- Keiko Machida
- Jusin Kitamura
- Harumi Sō
- Ichirō Takahasi
- Tamiko Tachikawa
- Misuzu Mori
- Yoshiyuki Oka
- Sakio Hirata
- Chigumi Obayashi
Reception
In 2015, David Cairns of Notebook referred to Emotion as "a collage of camera effects, stills, pixillation and every other trick the decade had to offer", concluding: "Obayashi's caffeinated take on avant-garde cinema certainly shows the influence of commercials, and he never met a gimmick he didn't like, but he can sure compose a shot."[5]