An Artist of the Floating World backdrop

An Artist of the Floating World

Directed by Kazutaka Watanabe

Starring Ken Watanabe, Hirosue Ryoko

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.