Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
バカ塗りの娘
Watch tsugaru lacquer girl Soap2day. Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Keiko Tsuruoka
- Cast: Mayu Hotta, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ryota Bando, Miyata Toshiya, Reiko Kataoka, Yoshi Sakō, Yoneko Matsukane,
