Yoshiko & Yuriko

Sep 7, 2011

1h 42m

★ 0.8

Overview

Based on a true story, Yoshiko and Yuriko relates the journey and great love affair of Yoshiko, who was a renowned translator of Russian literature and drama, and Yuriko, who was a feminist novelist and great activist of the post-war democratic literature movement. Both have left huge marks on Japanese literary history. The two women shared a strong attraction to each other from their first meeting and enjoyed a powerful love affair. Yoshiko reveals that she's an out lesbian, whilst Yuriko is married (not altogether happily) to a well-known scholar - a situation she can't walk away from with ease.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Yoshiko Yuasa

Nahana

Yuriko Miyamoto

Hitomi Toi

Ren Osugi

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Yoriko Doguchi

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