Zigeunerweisen

Zigeunerweisen

1980 · 144 min · JA · 6.6 (33 votes)
Dir. Seijun Suzuki · Starring Toshiya Fujita, Naoko Ohtani, Yoshio Harada, Michiyo Yasuda, Kirin Kiki, Akaji Maro · The Taisho Trilogy
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A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.

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A hauntingly beautiful, melancholic journey through memory and mortality. This film feels like a faded photograph, evoking a sense of lingering regret and the bittersweet ache of enduring friendships tested by time and unspoken desires.

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