Picaresque (2002)

Directed by

Hidehiro Ito

How it feels

The film is about the life and death of Japanese writer Osamu Dazai and his lover Tomie Yamazaki. It follows their relationship in the aftermath of World War II when Dazai was a famous literary figure. The story starts with their bodies found drowned in a canal then explores what led to that moment.

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