Heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard , the film uses low-budget visual effects and scholarly gags to critique social norms. The Plot: From Small Town to "Psychology of Shame"
Featuring spontaneous song-and-dance numbers that mock the intensity of youth. The Excitement of the Do Re Mi Fa Girl -1985 - ...
Released on , The Excitement of the Do Re Mi Fa Girl (also known as Bumpkin Soup or Do-re-mi-fa musume no chi wa sawagu ) is a landmark of early Japanese independent cinema. Directed by the then-fledgling filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa , who would later gain global fame for horror masterpieces like Cure and Pulse , this film serves as a vibrant, chaotic, and intellectually playful artifact of the 1980s. A Playful Deconstruction of Genre Heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard , the film
Following a naive country girl’s journey into the big city. Directed by the then-fledgling filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa ,
Played by the legendary Juzo Itami , he is a psychology professor obsessed with a "theory of shame". He believes shame is a tool of social oppression and conducts experiments to trigger "shame mutations" in his students.
Originally conceived as a "pink film" (softcore pornography) for Nikkatsu studio, the project was famously rejected for being "too weird". Kurosawa eventually bought back the rights and released it through , an independent house that gave young auteurs the freedom to experiment.
What resulted is a "deconstructive diatribe" on college life and erotic movies. It blends elements of: