Mieko Takamine Articles
THE MASSEURS AND THE WOMAN d: Hiroshi Shimizu
Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938) Direction and screenplay: Hiroshi Shimizu Cast: Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Mieko Takamine The usual 1930s Japanese film preoccupations with societal roles are explored in writer-director Hiroshi Shimizu's moving Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938). Whereas contemporaries such as Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi frequently examined the effects of a [...]