Kiju Yoshida: Love and Anarchism (Region B) Seijun Suzuki Steeped in sadomasochism and lushly

Steeped in sadomasochism and lushly photographed in the vivid hues for which the director is known

and exhilarating

the grateful vampire takes him to the Monster Club – wherein Eramus explains to Ronald the hierarchy and basic rules of Monsterdom

Now overcome with an insatiable hunger for human blood

Gene Evans and Martin Landau

Kiju Yoshida: Love and Anarchism (Region B) Seijun Suzuki Steeped in sadomasochism and lushlyThe work of Kij Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema's obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa shima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro Shinoda (Pale Flower, Assassination), Yoshida started out as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita before making his directorial debut at age 27. In the decades that followed he produced more than 20 features and documentaries, yet each and every one has proven difficult to see in the English