Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
film by Kawase
Also known as: “Tsuioku no dansu”
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Tsuioku no dansu (2003), also known as Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom, is a documentary film by Japanese director Naomi Kawase. The film chronicles the final days of Kazuo Nishii, a photographer and film critic who was one of Kawase's mentors and was suffering from cancer. The film is a personal and intimate look at the end of a life, reflecting Kawase's recurring themes of death and bereavement.1
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