Velvet Hustler *
Toshio Masuda, 1967
Japan
@ Northwest Film Forum

I felt like we were on the edge of something interesting here. I understood the connections to French gangster films, New Wave or otherwise, but I couldn't figure out exactly why one would choose to watch this instead of, I don't know, Shoot the Piano Player, other than its relative obscurity. Unless you're Japanese, I guess.

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