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Luminous Woman(HIKARU ONNA)

  • Dir: Somai Shinji

  • Japan, 1987, Japanese, 118mins, DCP, Category III

  • Cast: Muto Keiji, Yasuda Narumi, Akiyoshi Michiru

Oscillating between beauty and cruelty, the fantastical and the grotesque, this surrealist tale weaves selfdiscovery and love in a magenta-tinged Tokyo, deftly shedding light on urban decay, oppression and social inequalities. Leaving the Hokkaido mountains to find his fiancée, a burly man is soon drawn into the gladiator pits of a nightclub. Deadly wrestling is juxtaposed with opera arias and acrobatic jesters, fusing the macabre and the fairy tale in a netherworld of broken dreams and primal struggles. At once disturbing and enchanting, Somai’s allegorical feature ventures into a bizarre, ethereal realm, where love still offers a glimmer of hope amidst the darkness.

Japan Academy Film Prize: Newcomer of the Year and Best Editing

Kinema Junpo Top Ten: #9 and Best New Actress

Screening:

In-theatre Screening

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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.