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Eat the Kimono (1989) | Slate

Eat the Kimono

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Rated 6.0 on TMDB

Eat the Kimono

EAT THE KIMONO is a brilliant documentary about Hanayagi Genshu, a Japanese feminist and avant-garde dancer and performer, who has spent her life defying her conservative culture's contempt for independence and unconventionality. She denounced Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal, and dismissed death threats made against her by right-wing groups.

Released: 1989
Runtime: 1h 0m
Genres: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Japanese

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Kim LonginottoDirector

Jano WilliamsDirector

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Genshū Hanayagi

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