kimonos in cinema

John Dougill dougill
Fri Jun 27 17:55:45 EDT 2003


In Koto, of which there are two versions, the kimono merchant's house in
Nishijin plays a significant role, and the obi that the father designs has a
central part in the story.


on 28/6/03 1:28 AM, =%iso-8859-1?Q?daniraddi?= at daniraddi at libero.it wrote:

> Dear members,
> 
> I'd have to propose you an inquiry that is very important for me: I'm working
> on my degree thesis that will concern the historical, social and artistic
> symbols of the KIMONO. A very important part of the study will analize the
> role of kimonos in japanese cinema: at the moment I've selected some movies by
> Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, but I fell that the research that I would like to
> propose it's not complete. Could anyone suggest me some titles that show an
> evident role of kimonos in the description of the characters and situations,
> please?
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> Cristiana Vignozzi
> 





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