The Warped Ones (Kyonetsu no kisetsu)

More breathless than BREATHLESS, with an evil streak. Sweat and jazz exploding into the sun. Wanting to die but never dying. Howling demons waging war against life.

clare

”Look, one of those wild types is here” Jazzy Juvenile Delinquents of Japan! Last night I watched Intimidation which is tightly wound crime noir, and tonight I watched this jazz infused, teens run wild, free-for-all and I’m shocked they were both filmed in the same…

📀 Cammmalot 📀

“I already got a customer! I gotta lose this kid, fast!” Although it is packed with beautiful shots that, themselves, sometimes feel like visual representations of rebellion and jazz music, the fact remains that I don’t like any of these characters or any of the actions…

Remobo

Nasty piece of work with a jet-black heart and soul that rampages and roars its way across the screen, and the twisted brother to Godard's BREATHLESS, released only a handful of months before this – both very much about the banality of evil and a run-down world that leaves…

Andrew Saladino

Jazz saves lives  The Warped Ones is a hidden gem coming right at the start of the Japanese New Wave. In it we see a frenetic free flowing camera panning freeze framing push in cinematic style that is elegantly matched by the improvisational jazz score, making a…

PopcornIdeology

Japanuary 2025 Released from jail with a pent up fury towards those responsible for securing his guilty verdict, Akira sets out on a rampage of destruction. With his group of angry colleagues and some pretty horrid actions delivered atop a funky early 60s bebop vibe, this…

Graham

Stylish and frenetic with quick cutting black and white images and a jazzy score. It looks pretty great but this is quite nasty and a little bit deranged, with some strange overacting from the male lead. I really enjoyed director Koreyoshi Kurahara's 'Intimidation', made…

williamfaeleith

Kurahara Koreyoshi’s THE WARPED ONES, a taiyozoku eiga (it would make for a great double bill with CRAZED FRUIT), is jazzy, lively, amoral and cool as hell. It’s a blast from start to finish, exquisitely shot and scripted. Set in the hot summer months, resulting in sweaty…

KD_

"Bah!" A country that made the artist inextricable from the grotesque. There's a lot of thorny weirdness in here you really can't fake. Kurahara doesn't even let himself off the hook, actively pushing away the "depiction is not endorsement" shield to find out how and why…

JulesLarson