![]() While Ichirou attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichirou doesn't seem interested. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichirou and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping-together and at times with others. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Seiichi Hayashi produced Sekishoku Elegy between 19, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. ![]()
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