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The Masseurs and a Woman (按摩と女, Anma to onna) is a 1938 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The Masseurs and a Woman
Japanese按摩と女
Directed byHiroshi Shimizu
Written byHiroshi Shimizu
Starring
CinematographyMasao Saitō
Music byIto Senji
Production
company
Shochiku
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • July 7, 1938 (1938-07-07)
[1]
Running time
66 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot


The movie opens with Fuku and his fellow blind masseur friend Toku walking down a mountain path, heading for a onsen town where they have been hired to serve guests at the Goddess and Whale ryokan. Toku develops an affection for a female customer who passed him on his way to the village and whom he recognises by her distinct Tokyo smell. The woman also awakens the interest of a male guest who arrived together with his little nephew. When a series of thefts occurs, Toku, believing that she is the culprit, wants to help her escape. Instead, he not only learns that she is innocent, but also that she is on the run from her patron whom she dislikes. The next day, she leaves the village in a carriage with a man, possibly her patron, witnessed by Toku and the man with his nephew.


Cast



Legacy


Film scholar Alexander Jacoby describes The Masseurs and a Woman as part of a group of three Shimizu films (together with Mr. Thank You and Ornamental Hairpin) which "were bittersweet studies of grown-up feelings" and "group portraits set among temporary communities" that "concentrated more on the delineation of character than on plot".[2] Distanced from social and political realities and with its largely personal concerns, it conformed, according to Jacoby, with the producing company Shochiku's tradition of Ōfuna flavor films (low-key domestic dramas, named after the location of the company's studios).[3]


Home media


The Criterion Collection released the film in the US on DVD in 2009 as part of the Eclipse Series 15: "Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu".[4]


References


  1. "按摩と女 (The Masseurs and a Woman)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  3. Jacoby, Alexander (2007). Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (eds.). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-32847-0.
  4. "The Masseurs and a Woman in the Criterion Collection". Retrieved 20 January 2021.





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