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The family he serves is in a state of moral and financial collapse: Poem (1972) - IMDb
In 2018, a long-overdue critical reassessment occurred. The Japanese label (before its closure) announced a planned reissue. Unfortunately, the legal rights were a nightmare: two of the artists had disappeared without a trace, and Matsumoto’s estate (she is rumored to have died in a Kyoto monastery in 1999) refused permission. The reissue was scrapped. Uta AKA Poem -1972-
The film is a stark, black-and-white exploration of the conflict between tradition and modernity in post-war Japan. Poem (1972) - IMDb The family he serves is in a state