Blessed

An intensely personal documentary shot and directed by Toshiko Takashi former director of Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival TILGFF 199293 Visiting a lowincome house in Osaka where she spent 10 years of her childhood Toshiko encounters two familiar women in their 70s When she returns three years later she finds the house has been abandoned Intercut with poetic reflections and intimate moments that Toshiko spends with her lover Sakura who works as a stripper the older womens lives and memories intertwine with the younger couples in Takashis dreamlike visions Overview from Japan Society