Confessions Among Actresses
How it feels
Three actresses preparing for a film reveal their personal histories through interviews and staged scenes. The movie shows how their past traumas intersect with their acting.
introspectiveexperimentalmelancholicfragmentedcerebralunsettlingslow-burnself-reflexive
What happens
Confessions Among Actresses (Japanese: 告白的女優論, Hepburn: Kokuhakuteki joyūron) is a 1971 Japanese New Wave metafictional drama film co-written and directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. Its plot, which explores the relationship between trauma and performance, follows three actresses preparing for a film production, with each actresses' story structured as a series of confessional interviews and dramatized scenes. The film stars Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka, Ineko Arima, Rentarō Mikuni and Isao Kimura. Its score was composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Confessions Among Actresses was theatrically released by Art Theatre Guild on 18 December 1971, in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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