For decades, Japanese society has held that the trinity of marriage, childbirth and a house in the suburbs is the fast track to women¡¯s fulfillment. Filmmaker Yukiko Mishima, however, disagrees.
¡°Most Japanese women are simply conditioned to think that way,¡± she says. ¡°While marriage, children and the house could all be wonderful things, they¡¯re not for everyone. I think that more Japanese women should have their own individual standards of what happiness is.¡±
Mishima¡¯s latest endeavor is ¡±Shape of Red¡± (Simply titled ¡°Red¡± in Japan)¡± ¡ª a turbulent, sensual and ultimately pensive story of a young woman who ostensibly has it all, yet cannot stop herself from wanting something else. In this case, that thing is a passionate affair with her college boyfriend, which opens a Pandora¡¯s box of repressed desires and career ambitions.
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