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Clothes of Deception: Directed by Kôzaburô Yoshimura. With Machiko Kyô, Yasuko Fujita, Keiju Kobayashi, Emiko Yanagi. The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.
4 de may. de 2017 · In 1951 Yoshimura had approached Daiei in order to realise – again from Shindo’s script – his outstanding study of women in Kyoto’s Gion district, Clothes of Deception (Itsuwareru seiso).
One of Yoshimura’s masterpieces, this searing account of female experience in post-war Kyoto dramatises the conflict between old and new through the experiences of two sisters, one a geisha in the Gion district, the other employed by the tourist board.
26 de oct. de 2017 · East/West, past/future becomes a conflict between Kyoto and Tokyo in Yoshimura’s exploration of two women pulled in surprisingly contradictory directions in the new post-war world, Clothes of Deception (偽れる盛装, Itsuwareru Seiso).
One of Yoshimura’s masterpieces, this searing account of female experience in post-war Kyoto dramatises the conflict between old and new through the experiences of two sisters, one a geisha in the Gion district, the other employed by the tourist board.
As one woman reflects, a problem about Kyoto evading bombing during the war is that the legacy of feudalism still feels baked into every home. No one here can escape the oppressive class structure that enables competition, greed, and desperation. And then there's that ending!
Clothes Of Deception. Details: 1951, Rest of the world, 103 mins. Direction:Kozaburo Yoshimura. With: Keiju Kobayashi , Kyo Machiko and Yasuko Fujita.
