Japan in Paris in L.A.

Overview

Japan in Paris in L.A. centres on Saeki Yuzo, an early twentieth-century Japanese artist who makes a pilgrimage to Paris to seek his artistic fortunes, only to find that ethnic and cultural differences stand in his way. Around this narrative, the Yonemotos construct a multi-layered and self-reflexive work in which strategies of disjunction and contradiction are key. Employing heightened theatricality, experimental narrative strategies and archival footage, the film proposes a complex meditation on issues of modernity, representation, ethnocentrism and identity.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1996

Original language

English

Cast

Susan Tyrrell

Director

Bruce Yonemoto,Norman Yonemoto

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3221934