Imperialistic Ambition Affecting Ordinary Lives
di Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times
Based on the autobiography of the writer and critic Teruyo Nogami, “Kabei: Our Mother” is a soapy immersion in the tribulations of Kayo (Sayuri Yoshinaga), a Tokyo wife and mother facing World War II with two small daughters and a husband incarcerated for his political beliefs.
Filled with unspoken passion and downcast eyes, this lengthy yet seductive yarn provides Kayo with a colorful extended family — including an authority-flouting uncle and a cruelly disapproving father — and the director, Yoji Yamada, with ample opportunity for political critique. [...]
di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1511 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 22 maggio 2009
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