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With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)

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Original title
美しさと哀しみと
Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous novelist reunites with a former lover who is now a painter and her young female apprentice. Their tangled past resurfaces, stirring jealousy and regret among all three.

melancholicslow-burncontemplativevisually lushemotionalrestrainedpoignanttense

What happens

With Beauty and Sorrow (美しさと哀しみと, Utsukushisa to kanashimi to (lit. Beauty and Sorrow)) is a 1965 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is based on the novel Beauty and Sadness (1961–63) by Nobel Prize winning writer Yasunari Kawabata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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