Hachiko is not the only icon of Japan. In the city of Yokohama, the whole term of ‘icon” takes a completely different meaning, since the title is bestowed to an (in)famous former prostitute, who had been part of the local setting for more than 50 years, from just after World War II, when she catered to the “needs” of American GIs, to 1995, where she mysteriously disappeared after roaming the local streets for years. Takahiro Nakamura, in his debut, which he began shooting when he was 22 years old, creates a rather thorough portrait of the urban legend that was Yokohama Mary, and through her, of the city itself through the years.
Yokohama Mary is screening at Inland Dimensions
Nakamura has included the interviews of a number of people who got to know her, but the most central one in the documentary is gay cabaret singer Ganjiro Nagato, who met her personally...
Yokohama Mary is screening at Inland Dimensions
Nakamura has included the interviews of a number of people who got to know her, but the most central one in the documentary is gay cabaret singer Ganjiro Nagato, who met her personally...
- 9/28/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Historians frequently say that history is revolving around specific individuals, who actually shape it with their lives and actions. Henry Mittwer may not be exactly a history shaper, but the life of this 93-year-old, Japanese-American Buddhist priest, author, ikebana and ceramic artist definitely had a significant impact.
Zen And Bones is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins with his long-time obsession, to shoot a film about about an orphaned child’s longing for her mother, based on Ujo Noguchi’s children’s song “Akai Kutsu” (“Red Shoes”). Soon though, his past, starting with his childhood age comes to the fore, with Kitamura presenting the portrait of a man who has lived “a thousand lives”.
In that fashion, we witness Henry’s birth in 1918 in Yokohama, to an American father who ran United Artists’ Far East Office and a former geisha, and the beginnings of his life, which, apart from...
Zen And Bones is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins with his long-time obsession, to shoot a film about about an orphaned child’s longing for her mother, based on Ujo Noguchi’s children’s song “Akai Kutsu” (“Red Shoes”). Soon though, his past, starting with his childhood age comes to the fore, with Kitamura presenting the portrait of a man who has lived “a thousand lives”.
In that fashion, we witness Henry’s birth in 1918 in Yokohama, to an American father who ran United Artists’ Far East Office and a former geisha, and the beginnings of his life, which, apart from...
- 6/1/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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