Dream Girls

Synopsis

Discusses the popularity of the transvestite theatre of the famous Takaruzuka Music School in Japan - the Takarazuka Revue, an enormously successful spectacular where an all-woman cast create fantasies of erotic love and sensitive men. It is also a world for young girls desperate to do something different with their lives. In return for living a highly disciplined and reclusive existence they will be adored and envied by many thousands of Japanese women. They will act, look and behave like young men while having no real men in their lives. The film explores the nature of sexual identity and the contradictory tensions facing young women in Japan today.

Series

Under the Sun, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1993

Availability

Sale (video); 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 on 26/6/94.

Subjects

Drama; Women’s studies

Keywords

gender issues; Japan; theatre companies

Credits

Director

Jano Williams; Kim Longinotto

Production Company

Name

Twentieth Century Vixen

Notes

See: Vixen Films

Distributor

Name

Cinenova

Email

info@cinenova.org

Web

http://www.cinenova.org External site opens in new window

Address

Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF

Notes

Films made by, and predominantly for, women. The collection is browsable by title or director and includes experimental films, narrative feature films, artists’ film and video, and documentary and educational videos. Hire or sale on film and video.

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.