The Wandering Princess (HKIFF46)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
29 Aug 2022 (Mon)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
103 Minutes
Language
Japanese
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Tanaka Kinuyo
Cast
Kyo Machiko, Funakoshi Eiji, Kindaichi Atsuko
Synopsis
Teaming up with screenwriter Wada Natto and top star Kyo Machiko to adapt Saga Hiro’s memoir, Tanaka’s all-female creative team heralded the arrival of a new female subjectivity in her first widescreen and colour film. The melodramatic story follows an aristocratic woman, whose life undergoes turbulent changes after she marries the brother of the Manchurian Emperor. A vivid portrait of feminine energy thrived with compassion, juxtaposed with a militarised masculinity that aims only to destroy.
Teaming up with screenwriter Wada Natto and top star Kyo Machiko to adapt Saga Hiro’s memoir, Tanaka’s all-female creative team heralded the arrival of a new female subjectivity in her first widescreen and colour film. The melodramatic story follows an aristocratic woman, whose life undergoes turbulent changes after she marries the brother of the Manchurian Emperor. A vivid portrait of feminine energy thrived with compassion, juxtaposed with a militarised masculinity that aims only to destroy.
