A forgotten woman wrote a masterpiece in poverty and pain—then vanished from history.
A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see her work.
Direction
Hamano's feminist gaze reclaims a life cinema ignored.
Acting
Shiraishi embodies creative fire burning through physical decay.
Director
Sachi Hamano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hamano founded her own production company in 1984 to make films by and about women, rare in Japanese cinema.
The real Midori Osaki died in 1946 at 44; this film resurrected her work decades later.
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