真珠夫人 (1920)

Directed by

Kajirō Yamamoto

Genre

silent film

Country

Japan

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

This is a silent film from Japan based on a popular serialized novel from 1920. It tells a story of love and social drama in a traditional setting. The plot follows a woman navigating relationships and societal expectations.

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What happens

『真珠夫人』（しんじゅふじん）は、菊池寛の長編小説。1920年（大正9年）6月9日から12月22日まで『大阪毎日新聞』『東京日日新聞』に同時連載された。菊池にとっての初めての新聞小説であり、初めて試みた通俗小説でもある。発表当時から2000年代に至るまで、数度にわたり映画、テレビドラマ化されている。 日本の通俗小説に新風を吹きこんだ『真珠夫人』の大ヒットは、菊池の作家活動の大転機となっただけでなく、当時の文壇や文学者たちの生活に画期的な変革をもたらした。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.