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Nippon Sengoshi: Madamu Onboro No Seikatsu

  • Director(s):
    Shohei Imamura
    Producer(s):
    Nobuyo Horiba, Motoo Ogasawara
    • Japan
    • 1970
    • 105 min
    • 35 mm
    • Japanese

The legendary, unpredictable, director Shohei Imamura never gave a toss about Japanese politeness and didn't identify with the conventional left.So it was no surprise that he abandoned epic, colour, 35 mm fiction film for this grungy black and white documentary about one of cinema's most insolent women. Madame Onboro wasn't particularly educated and had the instinct for self preservation that Imamura loved in women. So he sat her down and showed her images of Japan's history - the war, the emperor, etc, and filmed her comments. What she says is delightfully fresh, then infuriating, sometimes stupid or self serving, then deeply insightful. A brilliant portrait of a canny mind.

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Credits

Cinematographer:
Masao Tochizawa 

Contact

Ryoichi Baba

Sales Manager

Toho Co., Ltd.

tohointl@toho.co.jp

+81 335913530

Screening

05 Nov 09:30

Showroom 2
( Seats)

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