9/18/2011

CINEMA: Yoshiko & Yuriko (dir. Sachi Hamano, 2011)

Sachi Hamano's latest film, Yoshiko & Yuriko, will be screened at Eurospace in Shibuya from October 22, 2011. The film is based on the true story of the relationship between two women,  Yoshiko Yuasa and Yuriko Chujo (later Yuriko Miyamoto).

Yuasa was a scholar and renowned translator of Russian literature, who, during the Taisho Period (1912-1924), was involved in a relationship with Chujo, an influential proletariat writer in wartime and postwar Japan. 












Other Venues and Dates
June 18- Shizuoka Mirano (Shizuoka)
October 1-14 Kyoto Cinema (Kyoto)
October 18-21 Cinema Skhole (Nagoya)
November 19-25 Cinema e-ra (Hamamatsu)

Translated and adapted by Eiko Saeki

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