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    The Good Wife of Tokyo

    Kim Longinotto 1992 England Documentary color 52min 16mm
    Kazuko Hohki goes back to Tokyo with her band, the Frank Chickens, after living in England for 15 years. What follows is not the nostalgia but a huge cultural difference. This wry and delightful film records her re-experiencing of Japan after a long absence, examining traditional attitudes towards women in Japan and those of Kazuko's friends who are trying to live differently. It deals with the issues about how to be a standard wife in a Japanese society and how to be a typical Japanese. From Hazuko Hohkis story, we can see the contradiction as well as the integration between the old and new attitudes towards women in Japan.

    Director

    Kim Longinotto

    Kim Longinotto studied camera and directing at England's National Film School. In 1986, Longinotto formed the production company Twentieth Century Vixen with Claire Hunt. Together they made Fireraiser, a look at the bombing of Dresden; Eat the Kimono, about the controversial Japanese feminist performer Hanayagi Genshu; Hidden Faces, the internationally acclaimed, collaborative documentary with/about Egyptian women; and The Good Wife of Tokyo in which they examine women, love and marriage in Japanese society.

    Kim Longinotto

    2005 Sister in Law

    2002 Day I Will Never Forget

    2000 Gaea Girls

    1998 Divorce Iranian Style

    1996 Rock Wives(ㄒV)

    1995 Shinjuku Boys

    1994 Dream Girls

    1992 Good Wife of Tokyo

    1990 Hidden Faces

    1989 Eat the Kimono

    1982 Underage

    1976 Pride of Place

    1975 Theatre Girls

    Directed/ Kim Longinotto & Claire Hunt

    Produced/ Kim Longinotto & Claire Hunt

    Print Source: Women Make Movies

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