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Choreography of desire: analysing Kinuyo Tanaka’s acting in Mizoguchi’s films
[1] Uploaded 1 December 2001 A male director’s relationship with his actress is almost always imbued with myth. Kenji Mizoguchi’s (1898-1956) collaboration with Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977) is no exception. Stories revolving around the private life of their romantic relationship tend to fall into cliché, crediting Mizoguchi with Tanaka’s “rebirth” as a great actress with The Life of Oharu(Saikaku ichidai onna, Japan …
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