Farewell to the Ark (Goodbye Ark)
1984 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan
In a tale that is visually stunning in certain segments, director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around the forbidden love of two cousins. Su-e (Mayumi Ogawa) and her cousin Sutekichi (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a descendant of one of the village clans, live together but have been forbidden by her father to have sexual contact. Like other villagers, he believes that if cousins have children together, the children will suffer serious birth defects. His remedy is to make Su-e wear a large, ugly chastity belt. Unable to take the ridicule of his fellow villagers, Sutekichi stabs the head of the clan to death and then runs away with Su-e. After some time elapses, the two make their way back to the village, but by then Sutekichi is suffering the effects of his actions.
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Mayumi Ogawa · Yoshio Harada · Yôko Takahashi · Eisei Amamoto · Renji Ishibashi · Keiko Niitaka · Hitomi Takahashi · Takeshi Wakamatsu
Soundtrack J. A. Seazer
Screenplay Rio Kishida · Shuji Terayama · Gabriel García Márquez
Cinematography Tatsuo Suzuki
Original title Saraba hakobune
Also known as Goodbye Ark
6.8
51 votes (FilmAffinity)
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