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Hi Lola,<br>
I'm not sure what the parameters of mainstream film are in this
case, but the example that springs most immediately to mind is
Hamano Sachi's 2001 <i>Yurisai</i>/<i>Lily Festival</i>, which
explores the sexuality of a woman in her 60s. <br>
Best,<br>
Kim<br>
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On 1/29/2011 12:02 AM, Dolores Martinez wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTimC9R7FgK87YMEi1keuVc4a4+_JVN8-RyguCda6@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi all,<br>
I've just been asked by BBC Radio about the representation of
older (by which they meant in their 60s and 70s) single women in
Japanese film (and was told that a Japanese woman who had already
been interviewed replied to this with: Yes, women in their 30s and
40s do feature). The question threw me: lots of grandmothers
came to mind and all sorts of women are represented in television
films, but single elderly women in mainstream films? And positive
reply representations of?<br>
I need your collective encyclopedic knowledge on this one! Lola<br>
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