Cutie and the Boxer
- Release Date
- August 16, 2013
- Director
- Zachary Heinzerling
- Cast
- Noriko Shinohara , Ushio Shinohara , Alex Shinohara , Ethan Cohen
- Runtime
- 81
- Main Genre
- Documentary
- Writers
- Zachary Heinzerling
- Tagline
- A film by Zachary Heinzerling
- Website
- http://www.cutieandtheboxer.com/
Summary
As a rowdy young Neo-Dadaist artist in Tokyo, Ushio yearned for international recognition, so in 1969 he set sail for New York City. Nineteen-year-old Noriko came to New York to study art, where she met and fell in love with Ushio, 21 years her senior. Putting her own artistic ambitions on hold, Noriko dedicated herself to supporting her husband's career. Over the course of their marriage, the roles of assistant and artist have slowly begun to transform. Now 80, Ushio, widely known for his boxing painting, is obsessed with establishing his artistic legacy, while Noriko is at last finding her voice as an artist with a series of drawings entitled “Cutie and Bullie,” depicting her own chaotic relationship with Ushio.
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