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The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)

The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)

Drama
Release Date: 1992, June 6
Directors: Kaneto Shindō
Countries: Japan
Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast: Daijirō Harada, Kei Satō, Koichi Ueda, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Haruko Sugimura, Rokkō Toura, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Nobuko Otowa, Yoshiyuki Omori, Tomomi Seo, Kazuyo Asari

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

eroticism prostitution