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Yoshiko & Yuriko (2011) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
百合子、ダスヴィダーニヤ
director: 滨野佐知 actor: 一十三十一 / 菜叶菜
other title: 芳子与百合 / 百合子、ダスヴィダーニヤ
Based on a true story, Yoshiko and Yuriko relates the journey and great love affair of Yoshiko, who was a renowned translator of Russian literature and drama, and Yuriko, who was a feminist novelist and great activist of the post-war democratic literature movement. Both have left huge marks on Japanese literary history. The two women shared a strong attraction to each other from their first meeting and enjoyed a powerful love affair. Yoshiko reveals that she's an out lesbian, whilst Yuriko is married (not altogether happily) to a well-known scholar - a situation she can't walk away from with ease.
雪子的脚步声 (2019) [Movie] Douban
雪子さんの足音
director: 浜野佐知 actor: 吉行和子 / 菜叶菜
other title: 雪子さんの足音
月光荘の大家・雪子さんは、教養もあり文化的な香りを漂わせる。テレフォンオペレーターの小野田さんと雪子さんがサロンと呼ぶ部屋に、大学生の薫くんも招かれた。それをきっかけに真綿で首を絞めるようなご馳走ぜめとぽち袋のお小遣い。2人の女性の欲望とエネルギーに触れ、底知れない恐怖を覚えた薫くんは月光荘を逃げ出した。それから20年の月日が流れ、月光荘の呪縛から逃れられない薫くんに、雪子さんの足音が聞こえてくる。孤独死した雪子さんと、月光荘を再訪した薫くんが、心の底で望んでいたものは?
Lily Festival (2002) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
百合祭
other title: 百合祭 / Yurisai
Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.