the elderly in the movies

[Eija Niskanen]

An interesting example comes to mind: a pink movie titled Tasogare,
directed by Imaoka Shinji. It features sex between a couple of 65+
people.

Eija

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:19 AM, itchy <itchyshouse at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Has the depiction of the elderly in Japanese movies changed with the growing number of senior citizens in Japan?
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> Since the percentage of seniors is -- and has been -- on the rise, do Japanese films today feature more active senior citizen characters than in the past, say the 1950s or 1960s?
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> Can anyone offer examples of films that show this change?
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