Keiko
Keiko is 23, a lonely homebody. Right after New Years, she asks her high school teacher to take her virginity. Soon after, she hooks up with a man she meets at a snack bar. A few months later, Keiko leaves him with a heart broken. It's now another new year and she finds it hard to accept the wooing of a handsome coworker. Then another coworker, Kazuyo, makes advances to her and they start a blissful lesbian relationship. Kazuyo may well be Keiko's true love but Keiko is under pressure from her family to marry a man.
Starring: Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi, Toshio Hashimoto and Nobuo Nakanishi
Released November 17th 1979
A film by Claude Gagnon
Produced by Claude Gagnon and Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon
With Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi, Toshio Hashimoto and Nobuo Nakanishi
A young Japanese woman who is unlucky in love, Keiko (Junko Wakashiba), searches for romance, but has unsuccessful dates with men. Things change for Keiko, however, when she meets the pretty Kazuyo (Akiko Kitamura), and the two begin an unexpected relationship. While Keiko comes to terms with her life as a lesbian, she must contend with her stern father's wish for her to have a conventional marriage. Beset with cultural and parental pressure, Keiko is forced to make an important decision.
JAPAN | 1979 | DRAMA | 119 MINUTES
JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES
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