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Synopsis: For years, Ushio Shinohara has been one of the leading, and most under- appreciated, alternative artists in Japan and New York City with an wildly esoteric style. For many of those years, his wife, Noriko, has been a faithful companion to this idiosyncratic man, but grew wanting to be more. This film covers the relationship of this special couple as Ushio struggles for commercial success on his own terms. Additionally, we follow Noriko pursuing her own artistic vision with her semi-autobiographical line art project that reveals much about her own soul as eloquently as her husband's work.
Director(s): Zachary Heinzerling
Production: Radius
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
2013
82 min
$199,274
Website
74 Views


- You should have called me from there.

- There's no phone.

- You should've called from a payphone.

- I didn't have a quarter.

Oh, you didn't have a quarter...

For you.

Oh, thank you.

How much? Count it.

There should be a lot.

There's not that much here...

It's $3,600!

I thought that's about it.

Isn't that great?

- Noriko, let's open this now.

- OK.

There's no reason to get naked.

Well, it's so hot here.

I found some of my old clothes in Japan.

This one...and this one...

Let me pay my respects.

I came back home safely.

Thank you so much.

Please take care of me next time again.

- Hey, why don't you count money?

- Not now...

Now!

- Now, Mom!

- Wait.

- I brought money back.

- You change as you brought money.

You have to smell the money.

Crisp bills!

Ooh, good smell.

These are $100 bills.

You do it like this way...

It's difficult.

Bankers are good at this.

Give it to me.

I've been doing this since I was child.

Oh, really? All right, you count it!

Smell it first.

We have $3,500? Good.

- See, I brought it back

- You did what you're supposed to do.

- Ah! Fish, fish, Noriko!

- Yeah?

- Big one!

- I'm shooting now.

Here we go!

No worries, I'm shooting.

- See!

- Amazing!

Move... come here.

Gently.

Now go over there.

Oh! That's good, good!

Turn around.

Oh... It's romantic.

Noriko, what are you doing?

Shuhei from the gallery

is coming over soon.

He seems to have only you

in mind for a show...

I want to remind him

there is another artist in this house.

Huh.

Gyu-chan, there's the telephone.

It's him.

Hi, Shuhei.

Where are you?

Yes, I'll come down to get you.

OK. I'm on my way.

Ready?

Come on in.

Wow, this is spectacular.

- Is this new?

- Brand new. He made it last week.

Is this the one I saw the other day?

Yes. This big one.

Here you see a fusion of Japanese Oiran

style and strawberry ice cream.

This is impressive.

And then this.

A fight between a rabbit and a frog.

My place is messy. It deserves to be

in your beautiful gallery.

Yeah, it'd be nice to do a show with you

at my gallery.

Shuhei, I have my work in the other

space. Would you take a look?

You can't make a decision

just by looking at his work.

This way please. This is my studio.

First the series was entitled

Child-Raising Hell.

But later it changed

to Ushio-Raising Hell.

This series is really good.

Noriko, these are all great works.

- Which ones?

- These here.

- My work? Or Noriko's?

- Both!

For this exhibition,

Ushio's art will be in my main room.

But I would also like to show

your work at the same time.

- I'll be visiting your gallery soon.

- Yes, I look forward to it.

I would like to come to see the space.

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Zachary Heinzerling

Zachary Heinzerling is a film director. Heinzerling and producer Lydia Dean Pilcher were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 2013 film Cutie and the Boxer at the 2013 Academy Awards.In 2014, Heinzerling was hired by Beyoncé to direct the five-part web series Self-Titled for her latest album, Beyoncé. more…

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