NAMIDAGAWA (Neue Blicke auf die japanische Filmgeschichte)

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Fri 4.10., 19h & Fri 18.10, 19h
NAMIDAGAWA River of Tears Kenji Misumi Japan 1967 35 mm jap. OmeU 78'
Misumi's sensitivity in dealing with female themes earned him the nickname "little Mizoguchi". In the melodrama NAMIDAGAWA, the two sisters Shizu and Taka look after their elderly, sick father and also have to deal with their good-for-nothing brother, who regularly turns up when he needs money. Both of these things stand in the way of a marriage, and when Taka falls in love, she rejects the marriage proposal for the time being. Shizu then devises a plan to remove all the obstacles to her sister's happiness as inconspicuously as possible. A woman's life between the fulfillment of duty, sisterly solidarity and a cautious approach to her own desires, perfectly balanced between tragedy and comedy in Misumi's subtle staging.