5/10/2023 0 Comments Yoshiko no longer humanIn No Longer Human Osamu Dazai is first and foremost revealed as a person consciously creating the dramatic stage for his life, a dramatic stage that, once established, forms the prime source of inspiration for his writing. And then, one day, Dazai’s new lover Tomie Yamazaki (Fumi Nikaido) hears that Dazai has fathered a child with Shizuko. After publishing The Setting Sun (1947), heavily inspired by her diaries, Dazai is suddenly bombarded as one of the greatest novelists of Japan. Dazai takes the opportunity and begins an affair with her. Ninagawa’s narrative, in fact, starts off at the very moment he receives a love letter from Shizuko Ota (Erika Sawajiri), a female fan. While the narrative opens with framing Dazai’s attempted suicide with the 19-year-old bar hostess Shimeko Tanabe, the narrative of No Longer Human is set between 19. Human Lost (2019), Mika Ninagawa’s No Longer Human is one of the first true biopic about this troubled genius. While there have been cinematographical adaptations of Dazai’s work, e.g. As a fan that has read most of his novels and short stories, the chance of seeing Dazai’s life visualized in a movie is an enticing prospect. Osamu Dazai is, at least in my opinion, one of the greatest writers Japan has ever known.
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