Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023 · 118 min
Drama
★ 6.0Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…
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- Director Keiko Tsuruoka
- Writer Keiko Tsuruoka
- Writer Kensaku Kojima
Crew
- Director — Keiko Tsuruoka
- Writer — Keiko Tsuruoka
- Writer — Kensaku Kojima
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