Yumeji (Japan) 1991

November 3, 2008 · Posted in Biography, Drama, Horror, Japanese Movies, Movies

Year: 1991
Directed: Seijun Suzuki
Genre: Art Biographical Horror
Runtime: 128 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English Hardcoded
IMDB: Yumeji

Cast : Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Tamasaburo Bando

Synopsis / Plot

Yumeji is the final film in youth-gone-berserk auteur Seijun Suzuki’s acclaimed Taisho Trilogy. Sensual and absurdist, it spins a ghost story around the character and work of real-life painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934). The eponymous character — conjured by Suzuki as a chronic philanderer and dreamer played by former rock star Kenji Sawada — is plagued with ideals of perfect beauty and the terror of his own demise. He falls in love with women, but can never capture their hearts. He is constantly escaping his rivals, but can never face them down. (Read more)