FILM SCREENING–MADAME MINAKO: THE LAST GEISHA OF THE YOSHIWARA (2013)
With introductory lectures by: The Director, Makoto Yasuhara (Filmmaker and Lecturer, Rikkyo University): “Stereotypes Revisited: Insights Gained from The Last Geisha” Kenji Watanabe (Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University): “Early Modern Commoner Aesthetics” Director Makoto Yasuhara spent six years documenting the life of a geisha (literally, “a practitioner of the arts”) called Madame Minako. Until her death...
