墨東綺譚
“娼婦お雪の真っ赤な恋。”
あらすじ
1879年、良家の長男として生まれ育った荷風。父の意向に反し早くから文学の道を志した荷風は、やがて玉ノ井の娼家でお雪と出会う。世の中の底辺に生きながらも清らかな心を持つお雪に、荷風は運命的なものを感じ57歳にしてついに結婚の約束をする。が、東京大空襲に見舞われた2人は離れ離れとなってしまう…。
“娼婦お雪の真っ赤な恋。”
1879年、良家の長男として生まれ育った荷風。父の意向に反し早くから文学の道を志した荷風は、やがて玉ノ井の娼家でお雪と出会う。世の中の底辺に生きながらも清らかな心を持つお雪に、荷風は運命的なものを感じ57歳にしてついに結婚の約束をする。が、東京大空襲に見舞われた2人は離れ離れとなってしまう…。
A late film from Kaneto Shindo, he was 80 when he made this, and there is little to link with his earlier, classic, Onibaba, except perhaps that it is the ladies who are always so busy. There is also a wonderful scene where a trio of gents have gathered to naked naughty pictures and whilst the gorgeous Yuki Sumida is quite naked, there are fully dressed and wearing decorative and rather spooky masks. It is a bitter sweet tale of an older writer and his flings with ladies of the night, culminating with a more regular relationship with the aforementioned Ms Sumida. Very well told with lots of Tokyo period detail and very much skin. Frequent and graceful are the sexual bouts ensure there is never a dull moment and a colourful and thoughtful story excellently portrayed by Shindo.
