The Strange Tale of Oyuki
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.
- 8.0
- 1992
- Released
- 1h 56m
Yuki Sumida
Oyuki
Masahiko Tsugawa
Kafu Nagai
Kazuyo Asari
Masago's owner
Daijirō Harada
Nagai
Haruko Sugimura
Kafu's Mother
Nobuko Otowa
Masa
Jun Hamamura
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Take-san
Jiro Kawarazaki
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Ohisa
Yoshiyuki Omori
Satoru
Kei Satō
DetectiveTomomi Seo
Outa
Rokkō Toura
Follower
Koichi Ueda
Middle aged man
Yasuko Yagami
Kimi KurosawaReleased
ja
- #eroticism
- #prostitution
Reviews
A late film from Kaneto Shindo, he was 80 when he made this, and there is little to link with his earlier, classic, Onibaba, except perhaps that it is the ladies who are always so busy. There is also a wonderful scene where a trio of gents have gathered to naked naughty pictures and whilst the gorgeous Yuki Sumida is quite naked, there are fully dressed and wearing decorative and rather spooky mas