Mondo movies, who watches em?

[Joshua W.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin C

So far i´ve only seen the Jacopetti & Prosperi movies and Massi´s "Mondo Cane Oggi" and "Shocking Asia 1 & 2" but i would really love to see some more of these italian mondo movies to be release. If i´m not mistaken i´ve read that Severin´s David Gregory would love to a DVD of Jacopetti and Prosperi´s "Mondo Candido", now that would be a real treat for mondo fans, i just hope he will be able to locate the legal right owners.

MONDO CANDIDO isn't a mondo though, it's based on the story Candide by Voltaire. still would be a great Euro cult release IMO.



and something else that popped in my mind- so many of these have been cut and editied in various formats i figured i try and warn people about cut versions out there on DVD.

the WOODHAVEN DVD of MONDO MAGIC is severely truncated- don't buy it! the Magnum VHS is uncut.

i haven't seen the discs in question, but i've been told by reliable friends that the JEF DVDs of SHOCKING ASIA 1 and 2 are edited down as well. the MAGNUM VHS have all the scenes intact.

[Joshua W.]

Originally Posted by Michael Greenwood

Here's a Japanese poster for a Mondo I can't recognize...

man that looks familiar, but i can't quite place it. beautiful poster regardless!

[Vincant A.]

Originally Posted by Michael Greenwood

Here's a Japanese poster for a Mondo I can't recognize...

Don't quote me, but I believe that's Sweet and Savage.

[Michael Greenwood]

Originally Posted by Vincant A.

Don't quote me, but I believe that's Sweet and Savage.

I wonder. I'm no expert but this appears to be a Japanese made mondo film in that there are no English title translations and all the photos seem to be of a Japanese nature rather than an Italian made with all the African inserts that imdb seems to gab about. That may be a correct guess but I've alwatys assumed the latter but I really don't know. I'll ask the guy who sold it to me.

[stephen grimes]

Originally Posted by Joshua W.

thanks for the scan. Raro/Nocturno put out the MONDO CANE OGGI disc together and seems like most of the specific release info in that article is the same as what i read in the liners on the disc which i based my earlier post on.

No problem,sorry i couldn't make it look a bit better but my old scanner has just about had it now and is on its last legs.
The article/interview is great and covers his whole career as well as his mondo films,i think this was the last print interview he ever did.
Btw there's also a great Nocturno dossier that came free with #23 titled 'Mondorama' which is a complete rundown of the genre including reviews,artwork etc.I used to have a copy but misplaced it

[Joshua W.]

Originally Posted by Vincant A.

Don't quote me, but I believe that's Sweet and Savage.

no, SWEET AND SAVAGE is an Italian film, i don't recall there being Asian footage, if there is it is minimal. here's a custom cover for it that i made to use as a cover until a real DVD company steps up to put this out.

i've got 10 or so other covers i've made for various unreleased mondos if anyone wants to see em.

[Joshua W.]

Originally Posted by stephen grimes

No problem,sorry i couldn't make it look a bit better but my old scanner has just about had it now and is on its last legs.
The article/interview is great and covers his whole career as well as his mondo films,i think this was the last print interview he ever did.
Btw there's also a great Nocturno dossier that came free with #23 titled 'Mondorama' which is a complete rundown of the genre including reviews,artwork etc.I used to have a copy but misplaced it

thanks for the info, i need to get that Nocturno.

[stephen grimes]

no, SWEET AND SAVAGE is an Italian film, i don't recall there being Asian footage, if there is it is minimal. here's a custom cover for it that i made to use as a cover until a real DVD company steps up to put this out.

I used to own the Dutch vhs of this which was missing the scenes of the guy getting his arms pulled off by a truck,from what i've read these scenes were faked anyway.

[Joshua W.]

yeah alot of stuff is fake in these movies. alot.

[Joshua W.]

here's one i made for KWAHERI since the WOODHAVEN DVD cover art sucks-

[Joshua W.]

here's one idid for MONDO MAGIC/MAGIA NUDA using some elements of the old VHS release from MAGNUM on the back-

[Joshua W.]

here's one i did for AFRICSA AMA and one i did for ADDIO ULTIMO UOMO-

[Joshua W.]

one for LAST SAVAGE 2/SHOCKING AFRICA-

[Joshua W.]

SHOCKING ASIA 1 & 2-


i got some others i'll dig up too.

[Michael Greenwood]

To all interested parties, The Japanese Mondo mystery is solved by my Japanese poster fanatic friend and ally. He says...


The movie is called NIHON ZANGOKU MONOGATARI (Cruel Tale Of Japan) and was released in Japan in 1963. Seems to have been the Japanese response to the success of the Jacopetti mondo movies. There were two different posters for this movie, the one you have has the superior artwork of the two.


Carry on.