Cinematheque: Samurai Swordplay and Beyond

(35mm, 79min., subtitled; with Shiho Fujimura, directed by Kenji Misumi) In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to care for their ailing father. Otaka falls in love, but can’t accept a marriage proposal since her older sister needs to marry first. When Oshizu learns of this decision, she takes matters in her own hands. One of Misumi's most sensitive and memorable films.