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Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025
7 PM (98 mins)
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Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
(Gokushiteki erosu: Renka 1974)
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IntroductionMiryam Sas is Chair of the Department of Film & Media, and a Professor of Film & Media and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley.
Kazuo Hara’s extraordinarily intimate portrait of Miyuki Takeda, his former partner and the mother of his child, breaks down the boundaries between filmmaker and subject, reflecting on their relationship(s) as Takeda attempts to live life on her own terms. She moves in with a female lover in Tokyo before relocating to Okinawa, working as a bar hostess, and hooking up with a Black American soldier. Challenging societal expectations and traditional family structures, the fiercely independent Takeda invites Hara—who in turn invites his new girlfriend and producer Sachiko Kobayashi—to document all, including the birth of her second child.
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Kazuo Hara
Language
- Japanese
- English
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- DCP
- 98 mins
Source
- Janus Films
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