Three Resurrected Drunkards

Three Resurrected Drunkards (帰って来たヨッパライ Kaette kita yopparai) is a Japanese movie directed by Nagisa Oshima. It was based on the hit song "Kaette kita yopparai" by The Folk Crusaders, a folk and pop music group that also appeared in the film.^[1][2] It was released on March 1968.^[3]

Plot

Three young men go to the beach. Someone steals their clothes while they swim, and replaces them with ones that then leave the three mistaken for illegal aliens. In a commentary on the way Korean immigrants are treated in Japan, the three must then flee from the authorities, who are presented in a ridiculing light.^[4]

Cast

Cast:^[5]

• Kazuhiko Kato
• Osamu Kitayama
• Norihiko Hashida
• Kei Satō
• Cha Dei-dang
• Fumio Watanabe
• Mako Midori
• Masao Adachi - Policeman

References

1. Kehr, Dave (14 May 2010). "A Restless Rebel Trading in Sex and the Absurd". New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. "Katte kita yopparai" (in Japanese). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Film Center.
3. Three Resurrected Drunkards. Movies.film-cine.com. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
4. Three Resurrected Drunkards.Nagisa Oshima. Criterion.com. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
5. Three Resurrected Drunkards. Imdb.com. Retrieved 2014.09.30.

External links

• Three Resurrected Drunkards at the Internet Movie Database