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夢二人形 (2004)

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Country
Japan

How it feels

A 1998 Japanese film released in 2004. It focuses on the artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa in the late Taisho era as he secretly makes dolls. The story mixes his past romantic affairs with the women in his life and examines themes of fleeting human existence and forbidden desire.

melancholicdreamlikeeroticslow-burnvisually starknostalgiccontemplativebittersweet

What happens

『夢二人形』(ゆめじにんぎょう)は1998年完成、2004年劇場公開の日本映画。オリジナル版:1998年/16mm/モノクロ/スタンダード/36分。DVD・ビデオ版:2004年/パートカラー/スタンダード/38分。 大正の終わり―かつて画家・詩人として一世を風靡した竹久夢二は、人知れず人形作りに執心していた。覇気を失った夢二が想いを馳せるのは、大正ロマン華やかなりし頃のこと……。幾多の女性と浮き名を流す夢二とおんなたちの愛憎劇の中に描かれる人間の儚さ、そして禁断のエロティシズム。果たして夢二の人形とは何を意味するのか?その謎に、虚実を織り交ぜた独自の解釈で迫る―。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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