Utamaro: Yume to Shiriseba - a
visually sumptuous telling of the famed Japanese printmaker's life centering
around the years that he was forced to make pornographic prints for a
living.
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo in the late 18th
century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates
the world of that time as it appeared in his paintings. Spanning the time that Utamaro is commissioned to produce pornographic
woodblocks by his publisher because landscapes and portraits of kabuki actors
are not bringing in much money.
Based on the end of Utamaro's career it follows what little is
known about him.
Director: Akio Jissoji
Stars: Shin Kishida, Mikijiro Hira and Shingo
Yamashiro
1977 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES – COLOR – 16:9
ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 140 MINUTES
