Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)

TMDb

6.0

18/10/2023 • 1h 58m
original-title

バカ塗りの娘

status

Released

production-companies

THEFOOL

original-language

Japanese

budget

-

revenue

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Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…

production-countries

Japan

spoken-languages

Japanese

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