Johnny Ohkura’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, dark, intense, layered, uneasy

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Johnny Ohkura has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 1990s.

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Takeshi Kitano