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In 1985, Macoto Tezka (son of the great manga artist Osamu Tezuka) met musician and TV personality Haruo Chicada who had made a soundtrack to a movie which didn't actually exist: The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. At the time Macoto was just 22 years old, a film-student with many short experimental films under his belt, but yet to make a feature-debut and of course had the pressure of the TEZUKA name. With Chicada as producer, Tezka then adapted this "fake sounDtrack" into the real movie story of "The Stardust Brothers".
With inspiration from Phantom of the Paradise and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tezuka assembled a cast of some of Japan's most famous musicians of the time, including such greats as Kiyohiko Ozaki, ISSAY, Sunplaza Nakano and Hiroshi Takano, alongside many famous names in Manga such as Monkey Punch (Lupin the 3rd), Shinji Nagashima (Hanaichi Monme), Yosuke Takahashi (Mugen Shinsi) and even many upcoming film directors of the time such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata) and Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing). The resulting film The Legend of the Stardust Brothers is the exact definition of a cult film. Despite the huge array of talent on board with a large budget, the film is totally unknown even to this day in both Japan and worldwide. More than 30 years since its release, The Stardust Brothers will finally make itself known worldwide with a new master and a brand new Director's Cut!
Special Features
- New interview with director Macoto Tezka
- Making Of from the film's original release
- All region
- Third Window Films
- 100 mins approx
- 15
- 4:3
- Japanese
- 1
- Macoto Tezuka
- Shingo Kubota
- Kan Takagi
- Kiyohiko Ozaki
- Kyoko Togawa
English
- 1985
- Free
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Arrow Films
In 1985, Macoto Tezka (son of the great manga artist Osamu Tezuka) met musician and TV personality Haruo Chicada who had made a soundtrack to a movie which didn't actually exist: The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. At the time Macoto was just 22 years old, a film-student with many short experimental films under his belt, but yet to make a feature-debut and of course had the pressure of the TEZUKA name. With Chicada as producer, Tezka then adapted this "fake sounDtrack" into the real movie story of "The Stardust Brothers".
With inspiration from Phantom of the Paradise and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tezuka assembled a cast of some of Japan's most famous musicians of the time, including such greats as Kiyohiko Ozaki, ISSAY, Sunplaza Nakano and Hiroshi Takano, alongside many famous names in Manga such as Monkey Punch (Lupin the 3rd), Shinji Nagashima (Hanaichi Monme), Yosuke Takahashi (Mugen Shinsi) and even many upcoming film directors of the time such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata) and Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing). The resulting film The Legend of the Stardust Brothers is the exact definition of a cult film. Despite the huge array of talent on board with a large budget, the film is totally unknown even to this day in both Japan and worldwide. More than 30 years since its release, The Stardust Brothers will finally make itself known worldwide with a new master and a brand new Director's Cut!
Special Features
- New interview with director Macoto Tezka
- Making Of from the film's original release
- All region
- Third Window Films
- 100 mins approx
- 15
- 4:3
- Japanese
- 1
- Macoto Tezuka
- Shingo Kubota
- Kan Takagi
- Kiyohiko Ozaki
- Kyoko Togawa
English
- 1985
- Free
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Odd overlooked 80s film walks a thin line between charming and annoying
Did you know that Osamu Tezuka's son has directed several live action films? If not, that's understandable. He hasn't exactly had the most successful career. Anyway, this was his first feature film, made at a very young age. It was apparently a failure both critically and financially, but in recent years it has finally gotten its proper comeback due to Third Window's work with getting the film out on Blu-ray as well as getting it some limited theater screenings. I can't say this film hit home with me 100%, but it has a lot of great aspects that deserve to be seen. It's an absolute visual feast with popping colours, wonderful costume and set designs, awesome practical effects and even some animation. It also goes hard on the music, though it isn't all my cup of tea personally. Actually, the film is something of a glorified music video compilation, for better or worse. As for the technical details, the picture quality is great and keeps the grain properly intact. The sound is a bit shoddy and the choice has been made to insert the higher quality soundtrack recordings of the music which is a bit jarring, but I also understand the want to present the many many music scenes in as good of a condition as possible.
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