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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Mieko Takamine</title>
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		<title>THE MASSEURS AND THE WOMAN d: Hiroshi Shimizu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Classic Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshi Shimizu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mieko Takamine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shin Tokudaiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinichi Himori]]></category>
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Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
Direction and screenplay: Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast: Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Mieko Takamine
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The usual 1930s Japanese film preoccupations with societal roles are explored in writer-director Hiroshi Shimizu&#8217;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 changing world upon traditional families or acceptable female behavior, Shimizu takes a less direct approach in this beguiling piece. His protagonist is not an overwhelmed father or a fallen woman, but a blind masseur on the fringes of conventional society. Through this main character and his interactions at a rural mountain retreat, Shimizu offers a broader insight into those marginalized [...]]]></description>
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