Midori Kurisaki

A bunraku puppet drama of the courtesan Ohatsu and her lover, Tokubei, a soy-sauce merchant whose fortunes have gone awry through the perfidy of a trusted associate. For Tokubei, suicide is the only honorable act left; for Ohatsu, it is the only emotionally viable one.

Women's hair as myth and metaphor: Kurisaki uses Kabuki theater, documentary interviews, narrative re-enactments and bunraku puppets to explore the mystical and symbolic properties of the typically long, dark hair of Japanese women.

A bunraku puppet drama of the courtesan Ohatsu and her lover, Tokubei, a soy-sauce merchant whose fortunes have gone awry through the perfidy of a trusted associate. For Tokubei, suicide is the only honorable act left; for Ohatsu, it is the only emotionally viable one.

Women's hair as myth and metaphor: Kurisaki uses Kabuki theater, documentary interviews, narrative re-enactments and bunraku puppets to explore the mystical and symbolic properties of the typically long, dark hair of Japanese women.