greetings fellow heARTists around the planet!
however, this month we’re going to focus on our upcoming film about the legendary heARTist, haiku writer, traditional Japanese dancer, photographer, painter and home chef extraordinaire—Yuriko!
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Yuriko dances the role of Sanshiro Sugata, a male judo master |
the film will feature old super 8mm footage from the 1960’s that Yuri shot of her family, and we’re also including slides and photos of Yuri over the years.
here's an example of family footage on Youtube shot by one of her daughters:
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| Yuriko in backyard garden with Lulu, circa 1970's |
although she was born in an affluent part of Tokyo, Yuri and her family were plunged into poverty when her father suddenly died.
the film will tell the story of how Yuri found herself working as a live-in nanny at age 13; and, how she gave up a career in fashion design because Japan had engaged in so many wars that its citizens had to toil in arms-producing factories.
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| Yuriko in her 20's |
we’ll also show how Yuri’s marriage to an African American GI following WWII changed her life completely.
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| Yuri's changing life |
speaking of that, our War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory film series is currently available on Vimeo for just a few more weeks. here’s the link:
https://vimeo.com/watermelonsushi/vod_pages
and, here's our website:
looking toward 2021 and Yuriko’s film, we remain…
Yuri’s Fans Forever
