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I've seen this short film (included in "Erotic Tales") numerous times but its meaning eludes me. A beautiful bride in her soft white gown is ejected from a car on a highway. She scrambles through a thickly wooded area and arrives scratched and bruised at a deserted house. She sponges herself in a bath tub and puts on kimono and geta which somehow have been conveniently left for her. Wood nymphs peer at her from hidden places. It's all very bewildering.

What am I watching for goodness sake? Is it some kind of Zen experience? While the film has a professional approach with its excellent photography, it leaves me unsatisfied because my mind does not connect with any kind of explanation. Could it be that when mankind forsakes you, nature will provide? Am I trying to read too much into this esoteric offering?

A Japanese bride in full wedding dress is ejected from a car and abandoned in a deserted rural road bordering a lush forest. She walks into the forest and is observed by (equally Japanese) wood nymphs. She finds and explores an abandoned house where her white dress and underwear turn red, and receives a white kimono and sandals. She puts the kimono on and reenters the forest. The background sound consists of a little music, forest sounds, birdsong and unintelligible talk.

There are probably as many interpretations as there are ways to join a set of points with a curve. One may be: this is a prenuptial stress dream of the bride, perhaps caused by clashes of her cultural background with that of the groom (he is never seen, so this we can only assume). The white kimono is used by traditional Japanese brides, and it is often changed into a red kimono for the events after the ceremony.

Whatever the interpretation, I found this movie very enjoyable.