Most are affected in one way or another; most enigmatically are Hojikata and his superior and close colleague Commander Kondo Yoichi Sai. Although the s and s were the period when the Japanese were first starting to open their country up to the West, there is very little, if any, visual evidence of Western influence on show here. Like Oshima's interiors, it is uncluttered music, the muted colours dashed with an occasional significant tone. I have seen this movie twice now. My issue is with the story, which, as a gay man, I found painful to sit through.
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