“Red Colored Elegy” chronicles the struggles of two young artists in Ichihiro and Sachiko. Finding themselves disconnected and rejected from the commercial art industry, they struggle to find meaningful employment, which sees their relationship in constant flux.
Seiichi Hayashi’s “Red Colored Elegy” acts as a reflection on Japanese disenfranchisement within a culture that offered, but failed to deliver in growth and development. This sentiment has been more heavily explored within the Japanese new wave film, at least in terms of availability of media content here in the west. As a ‘cinephile’, with a particular interest in 60’s and 70’s Japanese film, this original work offers an intriguing look into the alternative manga scene of the time.
The story of Ichihiro and Sachiko is rather fragmented, seeming to highlight moments of despair, and the polarizing effect that it has on their relationship, sometimes drawing them closer, sometimes alienating them from each other.
Seiichi Hayashi’s “Red Colored Elegy” acts as a reflection on Japanese disenfranchisement within a culture that offered, but failed to deliver in growth and development. This sentiment has been more heavily explored within the Japanese new wave film, at least in terms of availability of media content here in the west. As a ‘cinephile’, with a particular interest in 60’s and 70’s Japanese film, this original work offers an intriguing look into the alternative manga scene of the time.
The story of Ichihiro and Sachiko is rather fragmented, seeming to highlight moments of despair, and the polarizing effect that it has on their relationship, sometimes drawing them closer, sometimes alienating them from each other.
- 11/22/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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