Modori-gawa (1983)

Original title

もどり川

Directed by

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A struggling poet in 1910s Japan neglects his sick wife and pursues affairs with several women, all in the name of his art. After a failed double suicide with a young aristocrat inspires his breakthrough poetry collection, the line between his creative imagination and reality begins to blur.

melancholicpoeticperiod-pieceseedyintrospectiveunsettlingdeliberate-pacedvisually evocative

What happens

『もどり川』（もどりがわ）は、1983年公開の日本映画。連城三紀彦の小説「戻り川心中」の映画化作品である。 大正時代、苑田岳葉は歌人として才能を発揮できずにすさんだ生活を送っていた。岳葉は病身の妻を顧みず、遊廓通い、師匠の妻・琴江との不倫、深窓の令嬢・文緒との許されぬ恋愛など女性遍歴を重ねるが、すべては歌のためだった。岳葉は文緒との心中の失敗を題材とした歌集を出版し、歌壇に認められ一躍時代に寵児となる。しかしその心中は、岳葉が空想で作り上げた心中に真実味を与えるための狂言だった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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