Asaki yumemishi (1974)

Asaki yumemishi: Directed by Akio Jissôji. With Janet Hatta, Shin Kishida, Minori Terada, Chisako Hara. After a number of stressful affairs, a court lady becomes a nun in order to pursue a life without desire.

“Set in the late 13th century Kyoto, an era of the Kamakura Shogunate this was a period of transition, known for the emergence of the samurai warrior caste, and for the establishment of feudalism in Japan. nShijo (Janet Hatta) is an attractive u0026amp; perceptive peasant girl who is sold u0026amp; given over to the Imperial Court,to live her life as a concubine. She is soon bored by her confined superficial life, one of seclusion, one of an exploited object, a plaything of the court. Shijo is however emboldened in the progressive era, in a new social environment of a declining aristocracy. With an ascending military and peasant class, of great attraction to Shijo is the expansion of Buddhist Teachings. Shijo .decides to join a Buddhist sect, becoming a nun she chooses to pursue a life without desire, and now spends her days on a permanent pilgrimage wandering the countryside…..u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe wonderful film from Akio Jissôji is an incredibly stylish and creative Art Theatre Guild Production. A sensory delight, sumptuous, poetic, dreamlike, an outstanding beautifully filmed u0026amp; acted historical drama, mystic tale… Surprisingly little known, a master work from Jissôji . Highly Recommended.”