简介：SetagainstthebackdropofanimperialvictoryinthecivilwarleadinguptotheMeijiRestoration,FallenBlossomstellsthestoryofthesorrowsofwomeninageishahouseinKyotobyrecountingtherelationshipsofitsinhabitants. AlexanderJacoby&JohanNordströmwrote: Ishida’soriginalandbrilliantfilmtellshistoryas‘herstory’.AgainstthebackdropofavictoryfortheimperialforcesinthecivilwarleadinguptotheMeijiRestoration,IshidarecountstherelationshipsamongtheinhabitantsofaKyotogeishahouse,producingwhathasbeendescribedbyNoëlBurchas“oneofthemostremarkablecommunityportraitseverfilmed”.Thefilmissetcompletelyinsidethehouse,withonlyfemalecharacterseverseenonscreen. ForBurch,“theexclusionfromthesceneofmen,patronsorsoldiers,isameaningfulcorollaryoftheexclusionofJapanesewomenfromthehistoryofthecountry”.Ishidanarrateshisstoryusinganimaginativecinematicstyleinwhichshotsarealmostneverrepeated.Thenarrative,Burchnotes,evokesChekhov,buthejudgesits“combinationofarestricted,unifiedsettingandcontinualrenewaloftheimagery”tobeunparalleledinconventionalnarrativecinema.…