Yuriko, Dasvidaniya Explained

Yuriko, Dasvidaniya
Native Name:	百合子, ダスヴィダーニヤ
Director:	Sachi Hamano
Producer:	Sachi Hamano
Screenplay:	Kuninori Yamazaki
Based On:
Starring:	Nahana Hitomi Toi Ren Osugi Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Music:	Shigemi Yoshioka
Cinematography:	Katsuji Koyamada
Editing:	Naoki Kaneko
Studio:	Tantansha
Distributor:	Tantansha
Runtime:	102 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

(Yoshiko & Yuriko) is a 2011 Japanese biographical drama directed by Sachi Hamano.

Plot

Set in 1924, the film follows the relationship between author Yuriko Miyamoto and openly lesbian Russian literature translator Yoshiko Yuasa.

Cast and characters

• Nahana as Yoshiko Yuasa
• Hitomi Toi as Yuriko Miyamoto (née Chūjō)
• Ren Osugi as Shigeru Araki
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Yoshie Chūjō
• Yoriko Douguchi as Yaeko Nogami
• Kaho Aso as Sei Kitamura
• Hisako Okata as Un Chūjō
• Tadahiko Hirano as Seiichiro Chūjō

Development

Based partially on the 1928 semi-autobiographical novel Nobuko (伸子 /) by Yuriko Miyamoto and the 1990 non-fiction novel Yuriko, dasuvidāniya: Yuasa Yoshiko no seishun by Hitomi Sawabe,^[1] the little-known true story of the relationship between the two women in the early 20th century was produced in 2010, with filming completed on October 22, 2010.^{[2] [3]}

Home media

The Region 2 DVD of Yuriko, Dasvidaniya (百合子, ダスヴィダーニヤ : Yoshiko & Yuriko) was released in Japan in 2013 by Kabushiki Kaisha Tantansha.^[4]

See also

• List of LGBT-related films
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

Further reading

• Book: Barraclough. Ruth. Bowen-Struyk. Heather. Rabinowitz. Paula. Red Love Across the Pacific: Political and Sexual Revolutions of the Twentieth Century. 2015. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-52200-9. 123–139. 1st. Yoshiko & Yuriko: Love, Texts, and Camaraderie.
• Web site: MaGee. Chris. A look at Sachi Hamano's same-sex romance "Yuriko, Dasvidaniya". Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow. December 22, 2011.
• Book: Mostow. Joshua. The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature. 2003. Columbia University Press. 0-231-11314-5. 164-169. 1st. Miyamoto Yuriko and Socialist Writers. registration. https://archive.org/details/columbiacompanio00bada/page/164.

External links

• (in Japanese) (Archive)
  • Yoshiko & Yuriko 百合子、ダスヴィダーニヤ at Japanese Film Database
• Yoshiko & Yuriko at Women's Action Network

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yoshiko & Yuriko (English). Tantansha. 22 November 2017.
2. Web site: Natalie. Hitomi Toi finishes filming for first movie. Tokyograph. October 23, 2010. 22 November 2017.
3. Web site: MaGee. Chris. Pink film director Sachi Hamano tells the story of feminist pioneers in upcoming film. Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow. October 27, 2010. 22 November 2017.
4. Book: Yuriko, dasuvidāniya : Yoshiko & Yuriko. OCLC WorldCat. 954340773. 22 November 2017.