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A Woman's Testament
Rare, not-on-DVD films from Yasuzo Masumura
Three stories about "immoral" women and their money: the first (by Masumura)
is about a nightclub waitress who cares only for cash but falls in love with a
young man on the night before his wedding; the second, Women Who Sell
Things at High Prices (Ichikawa), involves a young real estate agent who tricks a
novelist into buying a beach house; and the last (Yoshimura) centers on an ex-
geisha who inherits a restaurant from her husband and promptly falls in love
with a forger. Yukio Mishima admired the "Poe-like sweetness" of Ichikawa's tale.
A fascinating entrée to the burgeoning Japanese New Wave with its sexual
frankness and irreverent attitude, A Woman's Testament features superb color
'Scope cinematography and three top actresses as the enterprising trio.
— James Quandt
A Woman's Testament
Free show!
Sponsored by The Japan Foundation
Thu November 17, 2011, 7:00 only, Muenzinger Auditorium
Japan, 1960, in Japanese, Color, 100 min, 2.35:1
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