Junko HIRATA 平田潤子
春の画 SHUNGA
SHUNGA: The Lost Japanese Erotica
Nippon Docs ¾
Shunga – sexually explicit prints and paintings – were immensely popular in Japan between the 17th and the 19th centuries. In her documentary, Junko HIRATA dives deep into the history and the current status of this genre, also highlighting the impressive artistic skills that went into the creation of these “pictures of spring.”
春の画 SHUNGA
Haru no e SHUNGA
日本 2023
121 分
About Junko HIRATA
平田潤子
Junko HIRATA was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976. After graduating from Ritsumeikan University, she joined the film production company Telecom Staff in 2000. She mostly works on documentary films about art for cinema and television. In 2006, she received the ATP Newcomers Prize for LOVE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS - IT IS THAT NOW I’M HERE -. She received further awards for her films NIPPON NO KIOKU (2010) and NANYADORA: SONGS FOR THE DEAD AND ALIVE (2011).