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Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

Screening on Film
Directed by Hara Kazuo.
Japan, 1974, 16mm, black & white, 98 min.
Japanese with English subtitles.
Print source: Tidepoint Pictures

In this autobiographical work Hara turns the camera on his ex-wife Takeda Miyuki, a bisexual feminist activist who has relocated to Okinawa.  She gets pregnant following a tryst with an African-American G.I. and proceeds to eviscerate Hara in a private conversation with his girlfriend, Sachiko. Miyuki proves to be the perfect cinematic device for Hara to reveal the most intimate details of his fascinating life.

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