Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin
Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin | |
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Directed by | Kyotaro Namiki |
Written by | Akira Sugimoto |
Cinematography | Shin Yamanaka |
Music by | Masao Yoneyama |
Distributed by | Shintoho |
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Running time | 73 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin (憲兵とバラバラ死美人, "The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty") is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese horror film directed by Kyotaro Namiki and written by Akira Sugimoto.
Cast
[edit]- Shōji Nakayama
- Kazuko Wakasugi
- Shigeru Amachi
Legacy
[edit]The film is best known for its association with the SNES game EarthBound. Its creator, Shigesato Itoi, accidentally walked in on the film as a child and mistook a murder scene for a rape scene, which traumatised him and inspired the eerie dialogue during the game's final boss battle with Giygas.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin" (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ Shigesato, Itoi (April 24, 2003). "[Interview with Shigesato Itoi]" (Interview) (in Japanese). 1101.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Shigesato, Itoi (April 18, 2003). "[Interview with Shigesato Itoi]" (Interview) (in Japanese). 1101.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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