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Edo Porn

1981 · 119 min

A slow, painterly immersion into an artist's obsessive life, blending beauty and squalor with quiet melancholy.

Directed by: Kaneto Shindō
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yuko Tanaka

Overview: The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

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Directed by: Kaneto Shindō
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yuko Tanaka

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
obsession
isolation
love
aging
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Kaneto Shindō
Written by: Kaneto Shindō, Seiichi Yashiro
Starring: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yuko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi, Nobuko Otowa, Joe Shishido, Hideo Kanze, Taiji Tonoyama
Music: Hikaru Hayashi
Cinematography: Keiji Maruyama
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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