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  Oyu-Sama

  13 Jan 2013 by Toshi Fujiwara / No Comments

  Mizoguchi’s film reveals its dramatic structure, and its physical as well as visual scheme—it is a drama of three people, each of them forced to suppress his or her desire and emotion, unable to face the other two, even though they genuinely care for each other. It is their very goodness and naivety that prevent them to be honest, and since they are indeed so naively honest, they cannot face each other. Hence, all they can do is to turn their back to each other, as well as to the camera.

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