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Closed Vagina

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Overview

"In medical terminology, absence of genitalia in females is referred to as "gynatresia". In other words, an extreme defect that goes beyond a mere illness" Adachi's follow-up to Bowl using the figure of a woman suffering from an unusual sexual aliment has often been taken as a controversial allegory for the political stalemate of the Leftist student movement after their impressive wave of massive fiery protests failed to defeat the neo-imperialist Japan-US Security Treaty. The ritualistic solemnity of the charged sexual scenes contribute to the oneiric qualities of Closed Vagina which Adachi would later insist was an open work, not meant to deliver any kind of deliberate political message. - Harvard Film Archive

Details

Status
Released
Release date
November 3, 1963
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Director
Masao Adachi
Producer
Masao Adachi
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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