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Arietta (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 52 mins · Japanese
- Directed by
- Akio Jissoji
- Starring
- Tomorowo Taguchi, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Ryuji Yamamoto, Daikei Shimizu, Kiriko Shimizu, Keiko Kaga
After her yakuza husband’s debts overwhelm them, a young widow turns to work as an SM call girl to settle what he left behind. She drifts through each day numb and despondent, obeying the relentless, often brutal whims of her clients. Embracing the suffering as a twisted solace, she moves through life like a hollow, wandering zombie.
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