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Originally conceived as a tribute to Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer young Japanese private eye Maiku 'Hama originally appeared in a trio of theatrical films before moving on to a series of made for TV films helmed by directors as acclaimed and diverse as Sogo Ishii, Alex Cox and, in this case, Shinji Aoyama.
Those who know the character only through the first feature - The Most Terrible Time Of My Life - should know first of all that the series abandoned that film's gorgeous black and white film noir tone in the subsequent entries, a decsion that still saddens me but one that has the benefit of allowing the later directors to reshape and remold the character to suit their own tastes. Such is definitely the case here with Aoyama turning Hama into a stylish, brash young man who would appear far more at home at a glam-punk show than hunting down criminals.
Hama first appears on screen being beaten by a loan shark. Some things never seem to change with the character, among them that he's perpetually broke and a horrible fighter. Hama owes money, and a lot of it. He needs a high paying job and he needs it fast. Thus he leaps at the opportunity when a wealthy businessman approaches him to bring his daughter back home from a mysterious retreat center where she has run off to "find herself". Adding urgency to the mission is that her father has arranged a marriage for her into a wealthy family: she must be returned before anybody realizes she is gone and without anyone catching word of where she is or the marriage will likely be called off.
It it seems a slim premise for a mystery film that's because it is. Aoyama quickly abandons any pretense of this being a detective story - Hama is actually given a flyer and map to the retreat center, completely removing the need for ANY investigation whatsoever - instead taking a hard left turn into a surreal, almost Lynchian world. Though the director of the retreat center denies any sort of political or religious affiliation the 'guests' wander in a blank faced, hypnotic glaze as they are encouraged to act on their innermost desires and if those desires involve violence, so be it. Hama's target refuses to leave, of course, and so he takes up temporary residence at the center himself and finds himself compelled to find a mysterious tree deep in the surrounding forest, one the retreat director insists looks just like him.
Less a narrative than it is a series of subconscious impulses, A Forest With No Name is a strikingly composed and completely open ended study of the nature of desire and identity. What is it that makes people who they are? Why do we have such a burning desire to define ourselves? The retreat center with its glassy eyed potential for violence seems a clear reference to the Aum death cult that unleashed the sarin attacks in Tokyo's subways and Aoyama gives a surprisingly sympathetic look at why people might be drawn to such an organization. The film is beautifully shot with some genuinely stunning imagery - i.e. the tree itself. Aoyama's stylistic flourishes are in full effect and Masatoshi Nagase gives an excellent, multi layered performance as Hama himself.
encontré en asia team este nuevo link para el subtítulo de Enbamingu,ya que el otro no funciona.
Embalming.1999.DVDRip.XviD-NDRT(Allzine-Asia-team)-ESP.rar
Por fin ha aparecido "Chinpira" y con subtítulos en inglés:
<a href="ed2k://|file|Chinpira.[Shinji.Aoyama.1996].english.subs.[k].ogm|734480920|7E0C15D8CFCAAA41F4FE5443E0FD14AB|/">Chinpira.[Shinji.Aoyama.1996].english.subs.[k].ogm[/url]
Alguien sabe si ya esta disponioble crikeets??