Beauty (2007 film)
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Beauty is a Japanese drama film produced in 2007 and directed by Toshio Gotō
. The film explores themes of love, beauty, kabuki
, and the strength of human spirit.
, Japan, in the 1930s. Hanji, a young boy, sees the performance of a kabuki(歌舞伎) for the first time as a dedication event in the village. He is fascinated by the performance of Yukio, a character as young as Hanji, who dances as "Tenryu Koishibuki".
He begins to learn the Kabuki with Yukio and Utako, a girl friend, and soon becomes an excellent actor.
One day in 1944, Hanji and Yukio received the draft
cards.
The tide of the war was against Japan. The village people held the final stage of the Kabuki for the two young men who might never return there again. After war was over, Japan was defeated. Hanji and Yukio survived the war, but they were detained in Siberia
by USSR.
A few years after, only Hanji could return to the village and met Utako again. He saw that the village people were utterly dejected by the war. Hanji decided that he would revive the Kabuki and the village.
In the 1980s, Hanji is aware that he is near the end of his life. The village people hold the final performance of Kabuki for Hanji, and he dances "Tenryu Koishibuki" for Yukio.
Toshio Goto
Toshio Gotō is a Japanese director.He had worked as an assistant director of Satsuo Yamamoto from 1962 to 1978. He directed his first movie in 1978. He continues to make movies to this day. In 2007 he made a film called Beauty.-External links:...
. The film explores themes of love, beauty, kabuki
Kabuki
is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing , dance , and skill...
, and the strength of human spirit.
Plot
Film is set in a small village of Ina (伊那) district, Nagano PrefectureNagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
, Japan, in the 1930s. Hanji, a young boy, sees the performance of a kabuki(歌舞伎) for the first time as a dedication event in the village. He is fascinated by the performance of Yukio, a character as young as Hanji, who dances as "Tenryu Koishibuki".
He begins to learn the Kabuki with Yukio and Utako, a girl friend, and soon becomes an excellent actor.
One day in 1944, Hanji and Yukio received the draft
Conscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
cards.
The tide of the war was against Japan. The village people held the final stage of the Kabuki for the two young men who might never return there again. After war was over, Japan was defeated. Hanji and Yukio survived the war, but they were detained in Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
by USSR.
A few years after, only Hanji could return to the village and met Utako again. He saw that the village people were utterly dejected by the war. Hanji decided that he would revive the Kabuki and the village.
In the 1980s, Hanji is aware that he is near the end of his life. The village people hold the final performance of Kabuki for Hanji, and he dances "Tenryu Koishibuki" for Yukio.