A Story Written in Water

 

Yoshida’s first independent production after his break with Shôchiku, which forced him out of the studio and on location. A Story Written in Water is also the first installment of six stylistically dazzling “anti-melodramas”, all starring Mariko Okada and challenging the conventions of the Japanese melodrama. In this film based on a story by Y?jir? Ishizaka he confronts the Japanese patriarchal [...]

Runtime

120 min