(Yoshiko & Yuriko) is a 2011 Japanese biographical drama directed by Sachi Hamano.
Plot
Set in 1924, the film follows the relationship between author Yuriko Miyamoto and openly lesbian Russian literature translator Yoshiko Yuasa.
Cast and characters
Nahana as Yoshiko Yuasa
Hitomi Toi as Yuriko Miyamoto (née Chūjō) Ren Osugi as Shigeru Araki Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Yoshie Chūjō Yoriko Douguchi as Yaeko Nogami Kaho Aso as Sei Kitamura Hisako Okata as Un Chūjō Tadahiko Hirano as Seiichiro Chūjō
Development
Based partially on the 1928 semi-autobiographical novel Nobuko (伸子 / ) by Yuriko Miyamoto and the 1990 non-fiction novel Yuriko, dasuvidāniya: Yuasa Yoshiko no seishun by Hitomi Sawabe, the little-known true story of the relationship between the two women in the early 20th century was produced in 2010, with filming completed on October 22, 2010.
Home media
The Region 2 DVD of Yuriko, Dasvidaniya (百合子, ダスヴィダーニヤ : Yoshiko & Yuriko) was released in Japan in 2013 by Kabushiki Kaisha Tantansha.
See also
List of LGBT-related films
List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
Further reading
External links
(in Japanese) (Archive)