Kwaidan (#90) Mike Leigh master cat burglar Lupin the

master cat burglar Lupin the Third and his partner-in-crime Jigen discover the wads of cash they swiped are all counterfeit

Joop (1969)

17 mins): an examination of the plot

and a fiendish plot to recreate the infamous experiments of his deranged father

Kwaidan (#90) Mike Leigh master cat burglar Lupin theAfter more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearns collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and