Movie: Yoshiko & Yuriko

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Nahana
菜葉菜

Yoshiko Yuasa

Hitomi Toi
Hitomi Toi

Yuriko Miyamoto

Ren Osugi
大杉漣

Kazuko Yoshiyuki
吉行和子

Yoriko Doguchi
洞口依子

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    Based on a true story, Yoshiko and Yuriko relates the journey and great love affair of Yoshiko, who was a renowned translator of Russian literature and drama, and Yuriko, who was a feminist novelist and great activist of the post-war democratic literature movement. Both have left huge marks on Japanese literary history. The two women shared a strong attraction to each other from their first meeting and enjoyed a powerful love affair. Yoshiko reveals that she's an out lesbian, whilst Yuriko is married (not altogether happily) to a well-known scholar - a situation she can't walk away from with ease.

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    2011-09-07

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    0.8

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    日本語
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