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Yearning

Overview

Famed onnagata (a man who plays women's parts in Kabuki) Tamasaburo Bando follows up on the success of his directorial debut, Gekashitsu, with this soft-focused romance about love and obligation, based on a novel by Kafu Nagai. Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he dies, she is forced out on the street and forced to give up her young daughter to the merchant's family. The film opens with her working in a high-class brothel abutting Tokyo Bay. Though she has passionate affection for a drug wholesaler, whom she loves as well, Kaede is swamped with not only debts to the bordello and family obligations -- she is expected to support her parents and her sister -- but also guilt over losing her child. This pain is only increased when Kaede learns that her daughter is being abused. She does the only thing she can: She buys back her child by signing on at the brothel for a longer stint.

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DIRECTOR

Tamasaburo Bando

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1993

TIME

1h 38m

GENRE

Drama

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吉永小百合‌

吉永小百合

Onami

Kyoko Kataoka‌

Kyoko Kataoka

Kaede

樹木希林‌

樹木希林

Omatsu

永島敏行‌

永島敏行

Odabe

長門裕之‌

長門裕之

佐々木すみ江‌

佐々木すみ江

Osawa

安井昌二‌

安井昌二

Touta Tarumi‌

Touta Tarumi

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