Mira was transfixed. She’d never had a music lesson. Her family couldn’t afford one. But that simple scale sounded like possibility .
, describe the film as "nonsensical Godardian". It is frequently studied for its use of musical numbers, non-sequiturs, and its rejection of typical erotic film expectations. 3. Production History (The "Rejected" Film)
The film's real "excitement" comes from its cast of oddballs, each representing a different facet of the libidinous and aimless campus life of the era. The Excitement of the Do Re Mi Fa Girl -1985 - ...
The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl is only Kurosawa’s second feature film. Even with a "minuscule budget," as described in this YouTube video analysis, Kurosawa demonstrates a strong, early command of cinematic language.
Before world-renowned filmmaker terrified global audiences with J-horror masterpieces like Cure (1997) and Pulse (2001), he cut his teeth in the wild, highly liberated world of Japanese studio-backed erotic cinema. Released on November 3, 1985 , his second feature film, The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (originally titled Do-re-mi-fa musume no chi wa sawagu and also known internationally as Bumpkin Soup ), stands as one of the most delightfully bizarre, rebellious, and subversively intellectual footnotes in Japanese film history. Mira was transfixed
A psychologist obsessed with developing a, as the review states, "theory of shame," who offers surreal, comedic lectures.
: After being shelved, Kurosawa bought back the rights and reworked it for the Director's Company , an independent collective that allowed for more creative freedom. But that simple scale sounded like possibility
Kurosawa was so committed to his vision that he managed to buy the film back from the studio. To pass Japanese censors as a non-pornographic general release, he was forced to cut many of the sexual sequences. To fill the gap, he shot entirely new scenes, resulting in a final product that is a "completely new film" with an even more chaotic and fragmented structure. This patchwork quality is now celebrated as part of its unique charm.