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My Love Has Been Burning
JAPAN · 1949

My Love Has Been Burning

Kenji Mizoguchi
women's rights political activism Meiji era Japan romantic love government oppression
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Synopsis

In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.

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