#Yonekura Masakane

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from a reprint of the 1976 picture book Takeru by Masakane Yonekura

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面白半分 1973年11月号 Half Serious Vol.24 Nov.73 五木寛之 編集 表紙絵＝米倉斉加年

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米倉斉加年「子猫と赤い着物の娘」

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“Kitten and Daughter of a Red Kimono”, de

Yonekura Masakane 米倉斉加年 (1934 - 2014).

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Masakane Yonekura

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Director - Eiichi Yamamoto, Cinematography - Shigeru Yamazaki

"Your Ladyship, have pity!"

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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | Kihachi Okamoto | 1970

Masakane Yonekura, Toshirô Mifune, et al.

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Belladonna of Sadness (Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973) Cast: voices of Tatsuya Nakadai, Aiko Nagayama, Katsuyuki Ito, Shigako Shimegi, Masaya Takahashi, Natsuka Yashiro, Masakane Yonekura. Screenplay: Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Eiichi Yamamoto. Cinematography: Shigeru Yamazaki. Production design: Kuni Fukai. Animation: Gisburo Sugii. Music: Masahiko Sato. There are images of extraordinary beauty and sinister power in Belladonna of Sadness, but they are also mixed with Pop Art clichés; psychedelia borrowed from Peter Max and his acolytes, album covers, and the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine (George Dunning, 1968); and kitsch reminiscent of greeting cards and nudie illustrations from back issues of Playboy. That is to say, it's a mixed bag. There seems to have been at some point an attempt to turn the film's fable into a feminist statement, but the link of the story of a violated woman who turns into a witch with the role of women in the French Revolution is tacked on unconvincingly at the film's end. Nevertheless, it's like no other animated film I've seen, and not just because its images have a striking, violent erotic content. The story is about Jeanne, who on the night of her wedding to Jean is subjected to the ruler's droit de seigneur, but not just to him: She is raped by his courtiers as well. Trigger warnings are appropriate at this moment, because the rape is signified by images of Jeanne being torn apart with a torrent of blood that fills the screen. Eventually, Jeanne is tempted by the devil (a terrific voice performance by Tatsuya Nakadai), who appears to her in the form of a penis (no kidding). She allows him to possess her body but not her soul, and through various episodes, including a harrowing treatment of the Black Death, she prevails, striking out against nobility and the church. At one point she "liberates" the peasantry by means of an orgy, a sexual fantasy that is both astonishing and sometimes hilarious. Eventually, she is caught and burned at the stake, but the implication is that, like her namesake Jeanne D'Arc's, her cause will prevail. The film's vision is ultimately incoherent, but its audacity is worth experiencing.

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Masakane Yonekura

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✨Masakane Yonekura 米倉 斉加年  1934-2014 Was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator

 ~Woman with a flower scarf

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by Yonekura Masakane

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最後のひと葉 オー・ヘンリー、有吉玉青・訳 米倉斉加年・絵 偕成社

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米倉斉加年 「花のスカーフをした女」

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Yonekura Masakane 米倉斉加年 (1934 - 2014).

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Masakane Yonekura