# The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)

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**Original title**: *按摩と女*
**Runtime**: 66 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Hiroshi Shimizu
**Written by**: Hiroshi Shimizu
**Starring**: Mieko Takamine, Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Bakudan Kozo, Shin Saburi, Ayuko Hirano

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rossellini's Europa '51 without the histrionics. Two itinerant blind masseurs encounter a beautiful, taciturn woman vacationing in a mountain resort. Shimizu’s gentle film subtly connects themes of disability, class, and the search for love.

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