The Strange Tale of Oyuki

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1992 PG-13 1h 56m
8.0 /10
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The Strange Tale of Oyuki
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
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A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.

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C
15 Jul 2012

A late film from Kaneto Shindo, he was 80 when he made this, and there is little to link with his earlier, classic, Onibaba, except perhaps that it is...

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