Luminous Woman

Japon, 1987, 118 min

Réalisation:

Shinji Sōmai

Scénario:

田中陽造

Photographie:

長沼六男

Musique:

Shigeaki Saegusa

Résumés(1)

A burly hulk of a man (pro-wrestler Keiji Muto) makes his way from Hokkaido to the decrepit trash heaps of outer Tokyo in a quest to find his beloved fiance, but meets a nightclub diva who has lost the ability to sing. When he finds himself pulled into the gladiator pits of a Tokyo nightclub, the mountain man agrees to fight in exchange for information on his lost love, yet also finds himself drawn to the various pulls of the big city. This unconventional love story employs powerful imagery in a daring attempt to visualize the contrast between people who live in concert with nature, and those who live in urbanized civil society. (Third Window Films)

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