Two Portraits of MIYAGINO (2010)
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets. japan, artist, painter, based on play or musical, art house, period drama, portrait, kimono, mary magdalene, expressionism, jidaigeki, portrait painting, edo period, kabuki, painter as artist, portrait drawing, performing arts, ukiyo-e, traditional culture, japanese
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