Chapter 12 The Internationale Down Under: The Door of the Flesh, 1964

The Internationale Down Under: The Door of the Flesh, 1964 This is one of Suzuki Kiyojun's "War Trilogy", the other two films are "Elegy of Violence" and "Youth of the Beast". The main characters in "The Gate of the Flesh" are four prostitutes standing on the ruins, wearing simple but extremely gorgeous dresses.According to Suzuki Kiyojun himself, his films are: freer fiction;After Suzuki's comeback in 1980, the video was more stylized, calling it "Qing Shun Liu". "The Door of the Flesh" is a complex and full-bodied film that talks about the body, gender, and social status quo, and ultimately boils down to a reflection on war.People from all walks of life in ordinary Japanese communities after the war can be seen in the film, which not only depicts many inner details, but also shows this kind of panorama

At first, the company only asked Suzuki to make a "whip-whipping flesh movie of naked women".And he built a staged post-war Japanese community out of dilapidated boards left in warehouses.Suzuki Kiyojun endows the body with various meanings under the appearance of depravity and cruelty: a way of survival, a kind of masculine strength, and a hope of returning to normal life.So he shot very thrilling "erotic pictures", just like the SM scenes in adult movies, but full of primitive and wild beauty and ugliness, full of resentment and sorrow.Show resentment towards history and despair towards reality.Taijiro Tamura's original work of the same name was previously adapted by Masahiro Makino (1948) and later filmed by Gosha Heroes (1988). Suzuki Kiyojun's is the most powerful and even spectacular. .

Is this "hyperrealistic" softcore?When the camera flashes across the faces of the prostitutes, the off-screen international songs continue, and the feeling of monsters arises spontaneously.