Foujita
2015 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan
Japanese artist, Foujita, is Paris' darling in the roaring twenties, loved for his delicate nudes. After leaving his 1st wife, Fernande, he meets Lucie Badoud and names her Yuki (snow in Japanese) after her exquisitely pale skin. Together with their friends Van Dongen, Kisling, Picasso, Modigliani & Kiki, they go to all the parties! On the outbreak of WWII, Foujita returns to Japan with his new Japanese wife, Kimiyo. He exhibits his war paintings that are much darker than the delicate whites of his Paris period. As the battles intensify, Foujita retreats to the country with Kimiyo and discover a Japan he never knew. Foujita returns to France years later. Here, newly naturalised, he takes on the French name Léonard and builds the chapel "Notre Dame de la Paix" in Reims, his final work.
Direction Kôhei Oguri
Cast Jô Odagiri · Miki Nakatani · Ana Girardot · Angèle Humeau · Marie Kremer · Ryo Kase · Lily · Ittoku Kishibe
Soundtrack Somei Satoh
Screenplay Kôhei Oguri
Cinematography Hiroshi Machida
Original title Foujita
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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