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Modori-gawa (1983)

Modori-gawa poster
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

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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