The Written Face
歌舞伎役者・坂東玉三郎に迫り、女形の存在を通して、虚構としての日本の伝統的女性像を浮かびあがらせる。虚構と現実を交ぜ、幻想的に描く異色作。
This film approaches Kabuki actor Bandō Tamasaburō and, through the existence of the onnagata (female-role specialist), brings into relief a traditional Japanese feminine ideal as a construct of fiction. An unconventional work that blends fiction and reality and depicts its subject in a fantastical manner.
Source: cinematokyo.com · Tokyo mini-theater & independent cinema showtimes.