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    Hamano Sachi 2001 Japan Fiction color 100min Japanese 35mm
    "Being alive us not enough. We need sex appeal too", says a nanogenarian granny in an indie that's in its own right, one of the raunchiest and most taboo-breaking films in recent Japanese cinema. In a society that sees elderly women's erotic needs as repulsive or non-existent, feminist pink porno indie filmmaker Hamano combats the doublewhammy of "sexism" and "ageism" with charm and dignity. Devising a subversive sex fantasy in which a 75-years-old Don Juan transfroms an old ladies' home into a harem, and then into a commune of free love; she celebrates " Sisters are doing it" - for themselves, naturally and gracefully.

    Director

    Hamano Sachi

    Hamano Sachi was born in Tokushima, Japan in 1948, she went to Tokyo to join the film industry, but could not break into the male dominated system. However in 1968, she worked as an assistant director in independent companies, and in 1971, she debuted as a director. In 1984, she founded her own production company, since then working both as producer and director, she has released over 300 films portraying sexuality from woman'perspectives, Hamano was awarded" the 4th women's cultural Prize" in 2000.

    Hamano Sachi

    1998 In search of a lost writer: Wandering In The Seventh World

    2001 Lily Festival

    Director: HAMANO Sachi

    Producer: Suzuki Sachiko

    Cinematographer: Oyamada Katuharu

    Music: Yosioka Sigemi

    Sound: Fukudaa Makoto

    Cast: Yoshiyuki Kazuko, Mickey Curtis, Shirakawa Kazuko, Shoji Utae

    HAMANO Sachi
    tantan-s@f4.dion.ne.jp

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