by Daan Schneider
A documentary about strippers may be susceptible to accusations of voyeurism. And you might believe such to be the case with Yoichiro Okutani’s “Odoriko” if I told you that after the first five minutes or so, we’ve been given an unobscured view of about every part of the naked female body apart from the face. Yet the film, despite being shot by a man, curiously escapes the male gaze. Rather, it presents with profound sympathy the daily lives of a group of women who posses a serious dedication to their craft. They just happen to be naked half the time.
Odoriko is screening at IDFA
In the opening shot, a woman walks down a flight of stairs, naked, and rummages around in a messy backstage before putting on her dress for her show which is being announced by a voice in the background. She is an odoriko,...
A documentary about strippers may be susceptible to accusations of voyeurism. And you might believe such to be the case with Yoichiro Okutani’s “Odoriko” if I told you that after the first five minutes or so, we’ve been given an unobscured view of about every part of the naked female body apart from the face. Yet the film, despite being shot by a man, curiously escapes the male gaze. Rather, it presents with profound sympathy the daily lives of a group of women who posses a serious dedication to their craft. They just happen to be naked half the time.
Odoriko is screening at IDFA
In the opening shot, a woman walks down a flight of stairs, naked, and rummages around in a messy backstage before putting on her dress for her show which is being announced by a voice in the background. She is an odoriko,...
- 12/5/2020
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
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