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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000), Wong Kar Wai 

The Virgin Suicides (1999) // Marie Antoinette (2006) // The Beguiled (2017), dir. Sofia Coppola

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), Tran Anh Hung

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Sakuran/ さくらん (2007), Mika Ninagawa

From Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of Studio Ghibli’s ARRIETTY and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE comes the first film from Studio Ponoc, MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER. See the first full-length trailer here.

Gloves in THE HANDMAIDEN (2016), dir Park Chan Wook In The Handmaiden, gloves are worn by the character of Lady Hideko (Kim Min Hee) in almost every situation, even when she is in a state of déshabillé. Notice the colors and different types of gloves she wears in different situations. As her relationship with Sookhee (Kim Tae Ri) progresses, the audience will notice that her gloves quite literally come off. Her gloves are symbolic of her performance of demure, submissive womanhood and when they come off they symbolize the physical and emotional intimacy she shares with Sookhee, and the freedom to be who she truly is.

faceless + spaces in 5 Centimeters Per Second/ 秒速5センチメートル (2007), dir. Makoto Shinkai

The Childhood of a Leader (2015), Brady Corbet, Cinematography by Lol Crawley

Only Yesterday, (1991)

GIRL ASLEEP (2015), Rosemary Myers 

This is the first feature film from Studio Ponoc, and by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of Studio Ghibli’s ARRIETTY and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE, screenplay by Riko Sakaguchi (THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA) and Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Production includes many, many of the staff of Studio Ghibli