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An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 30, 2019

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

浮世の画家

Production Companies

NHK

Director

Kazuki Watanabe

Description

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.