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The Masseurs and a Woman (1938) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 7, 1938

Original Title:
按摩と女

Alternate Titles:
Anma to onna
Une femme et ses masseurs

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Shochiku

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 66

Overview from TheMovieDB

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Masaru Kashiwabara
Hiroshi Ushida
Akira Kiyosuke
Nobuo Nishikawa

Costume Design:
Tetsuzô Shibata

Director:
Hiroshi Shimizu

Director of Photography:
Masao Saito

Hair Designer:
Sueko Endô

Original Music Composer:
Senji Itô

Production Design:
Minoru Esaka

Screenplay:
Hiroshi Shimizu

Set Decoration:
Jiro Nakamura
Shintarô Mishima

Set Designer:
Saburō Iwai

Sound Effects Editor:
Rokusaburô Saitô

Sound Recordist:
Takeo Dobashi
Takenori Mori

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