Dirty Hunter

[Machine Translation] The first domestic release of the depressing, award-winning film "The Hunt for Humanity," which was thought to be never seen again. The legendary human-hunting film, which was thought to never be seen again, has been unleashed once again. The All Americans" (later published as "OPEN SEASON"), a novel by David Osborne, is adapted into a terrifying suspense action film directed by Peter Collinson, the British genius of "Operation MiniMini" ('69), and starring Peter Fonda of "Easy Rider" ('69). (Easy Rider) ('69), and starring Peter Fonda. A sickly superpower that has ended up in the egregious act of "human hunting". The men who have lost their emotions and their sense of forgiveness, but have not forgotten themselves. Peter Fonda carefully chose to appear in the film after reading the original draft many times, because of the aberration and broken ethics that lurk in the American countryside, the complete lack of morality, and the mind-bending, eye-rolling tragedy that unfolds. The film is said to be a combination of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" ('71) and John Boorman's "Escape" ('72), and while it bears similarities to "Soldier Boy" ('72), "Taxi Driver" ('76), "Rolling Thunder" ('77) and other films about the suffering of Vietnam veterans, the Spanish version of this film is different from all of them. (Rolling Thunder) ('77), this Spanish film has a different feel from all of them. The film co-stars John Philip Law (Barbarella, 1967), Richard Lynch (Scarecrow, 1973), Cornelia Sharp (Serpico, 1973), and Alberto de Mendoza (The Horror Express, 1972), winner of the Argentine Film Critics Association Award. Alberto de Mendoza (Horror Express: The Zombie Express to Hell), winner of the Argentine Film Critics Association Award ('72), plays a couple in great emotional distress. The film also features an Academy Award-winning actor, William Holden, as a guest star. There is no information on how this star came to appear in the film. After its theatrical release in 1975 and several television broadcasts, the film disappeared from the Japanese market and was considered difficult to watch worldwide. In later years, Peter Fonda said, "I really enjoyed that film. It was my first time playing a real bad guy. I wish it was on VHS. I really like it. I really like it. Half a century after its release in Japan, the time has finally come for the return of this buried, depressing film. One day, Ken, Greg, and Art, three close family friends, set out on a hunting trip with guns in hand. They had a hobby they couldn't tell their families about: hunting people. After buying bullets and food, the three men kidnap a couple on their way to their destination, an uninhabited island. The woman cooks and the man serves, and the three spend a few days as if nothing is wrong. But when they finally release their prey and the hunting season is lifted, there is another hunter on the island. Includes special features.

*Rated 12-and-over.

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いっさいの映画賞を無にする、まぼろしの陰鬱映画、遂に国内初ソフト化。二度と観ることは叶わないと思われた伝説の人間狩り映画、再び解禁。デヴィッド・オズボーンによる小説「The All Americans」 (後に「OPEN SEASON」として出版)を、『ミニミニ大作戦』 (69)等イギリスの鬼才・ピーター・コリンソン監督、『イージー★ライダー』 (69)のピーター・フォンダ主演で映画化した恐怖のサスペンス・アクション。"人間狩り"という鬼畜行為に行き着いた病める大国の姿。感情を失い、容赦を失った男たちが、だが我を忘れたわけではなかったという狂気。アメリカの片田舎に潜む異常性と崩壊した倫理、完全に欠如した道徳性、人の心を喪失させる、目を覆う惨劇が展開されるその内容に、ピーター・フォンダは原案を何度も読み返し、慎重に出演を決めた。サム・ペキンパー『わらの犬』 (71)とジョン・ブアマン『脱出』 (72)の合体と云われ、『ソルジャー・ボーイ』 (72)、『タクシードライバー』 (76)、『ローリング・サンダー』 (77)等のベトナム帰還兵の苦悩を描く作品群との類似性を纏いながらも、スペイン映画である本作はそのどの作品とも異なる質感を放つ。共演に『バーバレラ』 (67)のジョン・フィリップ・ロー、『スケアクロウ』 (73)のリチャード・リンチ、そして『セルピコ』(73)のコーネリア・シャープとアルゼンチン映画批評家協会賞を受賞している『ホラー・エクスプレス/ゾンビ特急地獄行』(72)のアルベルト・デ・メンドーサがたいへんな精神的苦痛に見舞われるカップルを演じる。またゲスト・スターでアカデミー賞受賞の名優ウィリアム・ホールデンが出演。なぜこの大スターが出演に至ったかの資料は残っていない。日本では1975年の劇場公開と以後の数回のテレビ放送以降、一切その姿を消し、世界的にも鑑賞困難だと思われていた。後年ピーター・フォンダは「あの映画は本当に楽しかった。本物の悪人を演じるのは初めてだった。あの映画がVHSで出たらいいのに。本当に好きなんだ。」と語っている。日本公開から半世紀、葬り去られた幻の陰鬱映画が遂にふたたびその姿を現すときがきた。──家族ぐるみで仲の良い友人同士、ケン、グレッグ、アートの3人はある日、銃を持って狩猟場に出発した。家族に言えない3人の趣味、それは人間狩りだった。弾丸と食料を買い込んだ3人は途中でカップルを誘拐、目的地の無人島についた。カップルの女には料理を、男には給仕をさせ、何事もないように数日を過ごす3人。しかし、ついに獲物を放ち、狩猟が解禁になった日、島にはもう一人ハンターがいた─。映像特典収録。