Saturday, April 08 04pm
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
Best known for his samurai and war films, Kihachi Okamoto (Sword of Doom) made Blue Christmas from So Kuramoto’s original script as a rare sci-fi for adults. Despite a sensationalistic premise—contact with mysterious UFOs creates a new “race” of humans with blue blood—the film offers a serious critique of social discrimination and government oppression. A box office disappointment at the time of its release, it has since acquired cult cachet in Japan, while still dividing critics and fans.
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