As a rowdy young Neo-Dadaist artist in Tokyo Ushio yearned for international recognition so in 1969 he set sail for New York City. When 19-year-old Noriko moved to New York to study art she fell in love with Ushio ultimately abandoning her education to become the wife and assistant to an unruly alcoholic husband. Over the course of their marriage the roles have shifted. Now 80 Ushio is obsessed with establishing his artistic legacy while Noriko is at last being recognized for her own art - a series of drawings entitled 'Cutie and Bullie' depicting her challenging... past with Ushio. Spanning four decades the film is a moving portrait of a couple wrestling with the eternal themes of sacrifice love and aging against a background of lives dedicated to art. [show more]
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Academy Award-nominated documentary about avant-garde Japanese painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko. When the couple first met in New York while Ushio was struggling to establish himself in the American market, Noriko abandoned her own work and education to become wife and assistant to the fascinating and controversial artist. Now, after 40 years of marriage, the couple still live in New York but it is Noriko who is finally finding success and recognition with her comics depicting the tumultuous relationship the pair have come through. Film-maker Zachary Heinzerling follows the couple in their day-to-day lives and gains an insight into the complexities of their relationship and how their roles within it have changed over the years. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary.
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