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A Ball at the Anjo House Setsuko Hara Kozaburo Yoshimua

(or Anjo's family ball- 1947). Here is the film grand finale (without subs but trust me, you don't need any), feat. (1) the stricking splendor of Setsuko Hara, (2) the best tango scene of the whole history of cinema & (3) a good exemple of that kind of paradoxal father-daughter relationship the great japanese directors liked to film. A ball at the Anjo House (1947/b&W/88mn./16mm) Dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura ; scr. Kaneto Shindo ; W/ Osamu Tazikawa, Setsuko Hara A family of noble lineage is stripped of its fortune and titles during the Allied occupation's drive to democratize Japan in the aftermath of its dfeat in WWII. The Anjo family throws one last party the night before vacating their mansion, and family members, guests, and servants all reflect on the changes they see pervading their homeland.

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