''Emotion'' (EMOTION 伝説の午後いつか見たドラキュラ

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: ''Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula''), stylized on-screen as ''Émotion'', is a 1966 Japanese experimental

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directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It star
Emi Tabata as Emi
a young woman who travels from a seaside village to a city, where she meets another girl named Sari (Sari Akasaka) and encounters a

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Cast

Reception

In 2015, David Cairns of

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referred to ''Emotion'' as "a collage of camera effects, stills,

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and every other trick the decade had to offer", concluding: "Obayashi's caffeinated take on

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certainly shows the influence of commercials, and he never met a gimmick he didn't like, but he can sure compose a shot."

Home media

On 26 October 2010, the Criterion Collection released Obayashi's 1977 feature-length film ''

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'' on

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and

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, with ''Emotion'' included as a special feature.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emotion (film) 1966 films 1966 short films Japanese short films Films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi Lesbian-related films Japanese vampire films 1960s Japanese films