settima

IsuzuYamada

猫と庄造と二人のをんな [Neko to Shōzō to futari no onna / A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women] (Shirō Toyoda, 1956)

Feb

20

Love Your Pet Day

猫と庄造と二人のをんな (1956)

Shōzō (Hisaya Morishige) on the beach with his beloved cat Lily. DP: Mitsuo Miura.

Someone owns a pet on Love Your Pet Day.

“I'm sharing my husband with a cat. This is humiliating!”

– Nakajima

Shōzō is torn between his ex-wife and his current spouse, but really just wants to spend time with Lily, his cat.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #LoveYourPetDay #ShirōToyoda #JunichirōTanizaki #HisayaMorishige #IsuzuYamada #KyōkoKagawa #YasushiAkutagawa #MitsuoMiura #comedy #romance #animals #cats #BookAdaptation #Japan #1950s

浪華悲歌 [Naniwa erejī / Osaka Elegy] (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936)

Dec

15

International Tea Day

浪華悲歌 (1936)

A woman in kimono sits at a low wooden tea cabinet. It holds a small tea pot and other utensils. The traditional setup is broken in the background with contemporary Western furniture. She's smoking. DP: Minoru Miki.

Something with tea for International Tea Day.

 

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalTeaDay #tea #KenjiMizoguchi #IsuzuYamada #YōkoUmemura #ChiyokoŌkura #KōichiTakagi #MinoruMiki #drama #Japan #1930s