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OKURA Shunji. Tokyo X. Tokyo : Kodansha, 2000. First ed.
Pict. softcover, b&w pictures. Postface « Why Tokyo X ? » by OKURA Shunji, Index, Biography, in both English and Japanese.
Couv. souple ill., photographies n&b. Postface « Why Tokyo X ? » par OKURA Shunji, Index, Biographie, en anglais et japonais.
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Tokyo–exciting, flamboyant — is much, much more than that. It is nothing less than a monstrous hellhole inhabited by the most alienated people on the face of the earth. It is this city of eviscerated, hollow men and women that has been so unforgettably captured in the powerful photography of Tokyo X. Here, Tokyo, which the afterword declares to be the handiwork of « a demon-like ruler whose power is so vast that it envelopes the entire planet and transcends all human understanding and religion, » is seen as the unfortunate future brought into an unprepared present. This is the world that Tarkovsky borrowed for the alien capital in « Solaris » and the location of Ridley Scott’s « Blade Runner. » It is the scene for Katsuhiro Otomo’s « Akira. » It is what perhaps awaits all mankind. This is the conclusion,
