Scare-A-Thon Totals to Date:
Total Movies Watched: 30
Total First Time Views: 15
Amount raised for BOXVILLE: $3,132,30
Yumeji (1991) d. Seijin Suzuki (Japan) (128 min) (1st viewing)
A most unusual ghost story, this final chapter in Suzuki’s Taisho Trilogy is at first glance a biopic about painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (Kenji Sawada), yet ends up being far less concerned with realistic depictions of the artist’s life and more with exploring the elusive boundaries between man and woman, life and death, objectification and obsession. Takehisa’s relationships, specifically those with three women, highlight key elements of human nature, and Suzuki applies his painterly vision to nearly every frame, weaving a hypnotic spell that lingers in the heart even as the images ebb and flow through the mind.
