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Carmen From Kawachi (1966)

Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Cinematography by Shigeyoshi Mine

89 min65 frames

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Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: establishing — A traditional Japanese castle towers in the distance under a grey, overcast sky. The…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: closeup — A Japanese room features a grid-patterned shoji screen partition in the background. A young woman…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit indoor setting provides a blurred background with indistinct highlights. A man presses…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A wooden building sits in darkness with stone foundations and traditional Japanese architectural…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: closeup — A close-up frame shows a portion of a human face in deep shadow. A single eye looks into the frame…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: closeup — A traditional room features shoji screen partitions and wood architectural framing. A man stands…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A spacious room features a dark floor covered in scattered paper banknotes. A young woman rests on a…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A minimalist mid-century waiting room featuring a bench against a ribbed glass wall divider. Five…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A rural landscape at night features a dark rocky area with wet vegetation. A person sits inside a…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: medium — An interior space with a dark, minimalist background wall behind the subject. A woman looks…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: closeup — A woman appears through a large cutout lettered frame illuminated by numerous round bulbs. She is…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A dark, densely populated nightclub space decorated with string lights and hanging nets. The patrons…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: medium — A traditional Japanese room features shoji sliding doors and mirrored reflections on adjacent…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: fullbody — A dark, sparsely furnished room contains a bed and a decorative lamp on a stand. A young woman in…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: wide — A hotel room features floral patterned wallpaper, an iron bed frame, and sheer curtains. A man stands…Carmen From Kawachi (1966) movie still: medium — A woman stands behind a burning fire that obscures parts of the mid-frame. Large flames erupt in…
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What is Carmen From Kawachi about?

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.

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What does the cinematography of Carmen From Kawachi look like?

Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of Carmen From Kawachi leans on wide compositions (28% of the sample) and medium shots (26%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Shigeyoshi Mine keeps 38% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 46% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 68% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of Carmen From Kawachi?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Carmen From Kawachi (1966) are #040404, #8a8a8a, #494949, #2e2e2e, #fcfcfc, #cacaca — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #494949
  • #2e2e2e
  • #fcfcfc
  • #cacaca

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