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DARK HAIR

Directed by Midori Kurisaki
Japan, 1987
Documentary

Synopsis

Women’s hair as myth and metaphor: Kurisaki uses Kabuki theater, documentary interviews, narrative re-enactments and bunraku puppets to explore the mystical and symbolic properties of the typically long, dark hair of Japanese women.

Synopsis

Women’s hair as myth and metaphor: Kurisaki uses Kabuki theater, documentary interviews, narrative re-enactments and bunraku puppets to explore the mystical and symbolic properties of the typically long, dark hair of Japanese women.