Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi, 1936): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.50pm
This 35mm presentation, also screening on June 21st, is part of the Wanda and Beyond season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.Time Out review:
From its long opening tracking shot of a mansion where a bankrupt
family's goods are being auctioned off to the final, harrowing climax,
Mizoguchi's tale of two geisha sisters - one rebelling against her fate
at the hands of fickle men, the other more conservative and accepting -
is a bleak, enormously astute and affecting account of the physical,
emotional and economic entrapment of women in traditional Japanese
society. Even strength, cunning and determination can't, it seems,
overcome patriarchal power and pure chance. Superbly acted, shot and
scripted, this is searing stuff.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is an extract.
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