1938 · drama
The Masseurs and a Woman
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu1h 6m1938
A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.
Our read: The Masseurs and a Woman (1938) reads as a warm, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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- measured
- intimate
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