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Japanese Early CinemaFilm 11 of 12
Oyuki the Virgin
マリヤのお雪
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Kenji Mizoguchi, 1935, Maria no Oyuki, from Maupassant's Boule de Suif, moved to the Boshin War. Two geishas, Oyuki (Isuzu Yamada) and Okin, flee with a coach of respectable travelers who use them and then sit in judgment. Mizoguchi is already cutting for the woman the others will not look at straight. The National Film Archive of Japan holds Daiichi Eiga-period preservation material. A French story that fits a Japanese civil-war road without much stretching.
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Maupassant's Boule de Suif moved to the Boshin War. Two geishas in a coach of respectable people who use them and then sit in judgment. Mizoguchi is already on the side of the woman the frame keeps pushing to the edge. The coach is the room; the bows are the verdict.
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