First opened in 1954, the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo was a landmark for postwar wordsmiths, frequented by the likes of Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata. Editors reportedly used to mill around in ...
An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat Kawabata Yasunari is turned into minimalist animation of dazzling beauty indebted to Alfons Maria Mucha. A true gem created by two anime giants.