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The Japanese Wife (2012)
Directed by Tanvir Mokammel
Documentary · 1h 07m
Hariprobha Basu Mallik (1890-1972) of Dhaka married Japanese citizen Wemon Takeda and went to Japan in 1912. About her travel and experiences in Japan she wrote a book titled as "Travel in Japan by a Bengalee Woman" (Bongo Mohilar Japan Jatra). Regarding travelogues on Japan the first book that comes into any Bengalee's mind is Rabindranath Tagore's well known "Traveller to Japan" (Japan Jatri). But while Tagore wrote about the beauty and aesthetics of Japan with profound depth, Hariprobha portrayed the everyday domestic life of the common Japanese people. Japan, during the beginning of the last century, seems a different country altogether. Hariprobha, during her last visit to Japan in 1941, used to read Bengali news from Tokyo radio for Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fouz. After the Second World War Hariprobha returned to India and died in Kolkata in 1972.
Cast
Chitralekha Guho
Crew
- Director
- Tanvir Mokammel
- Screenplay
- Tanvir Mokammel
Details
- Original title
- Japani Bodhu
- Release date
- 2012-01-03
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- BN
- Spoken languages
- Bengali
- Countries
- Bangladesh
- Production
- Kino-Eye Films, Bangladesh Film Institute