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Description:: DVD - Region 1. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
Notes:: Supplemental materials include a booklet featuring a new essay by author/critic Sophie Mayer and reflections on the films by Jano Williams.
Alternate Title:: Japanese Fighting Women
Director:: Williams, Jano; Kim Longinotto
Production Co:: Vixen Films
Running Time:: Feature. 99 minutes
Sound:: sound - Dolby
Color:: color
Country:: Japan
Year:: 2000
Language:: Japanese language with English subtitles
Genre:: Documentary, Female Directors
Notes:: This film follows the grueling training regime of a group of Japanese professional women wrestlers. Featuring the legendary Chigusa Nagayo, it is a fascinating account of a closely-guarded universe in a country where women are considered docile and subservient.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Director:: Williams, Jano; Kim Longinotto
Production Co:: Vixen Films
Running Time:: Short. 53 minutes
Sound:: sound - Dolby
Color:: color
Country:: Japan
Year:: 1995
Language:: Japanese language with English subtitles
Genre:: Documentary, LGBT Interest, Female Directors
Notes:: The Shinjuku Boys are the three “onnabe” - Japanese females who live as males - working as hosts at a Tokyo nightclub for women clients. Filmed at home and at work, they speak with searing frankness about their lives and hopes and sexuality.