Immortal Love
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Kanji | 永遠の人 |
Directed by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
Written by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
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Cinematography | Hiroshi Kusuda |
Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
Music by | Chūji Kinoshita |
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Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1][2] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Immortal Love a.k.a. Bitter Spirit (Japanese: 永遠の人, romanized: Eien no hito, lit. 'The eternal person') is a 1961 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.[3] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4] Masakazu Tamura made his official debut in the film.[5]
Plot
[edit]Over a time span of 30 years, the film tells the story of Sadako, who is pressured into a marriage with Heibei, the crippled war veteran son of the local landlord, although she loves Takashi, a young man from the same village. Takashi later marries Tomoko, but neither he nor Sadako can forget their past mutual affection.
Cast
[edit]- Hideko Takamine as Sadako
- Keiji Sada as Takashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Heibei
- Nobuko Otowa as Tomoko, Takashi's wife
- Akira Ishihama as Yutaka, Takashi's son
- Yukiko Fuji as Naoko, Sadako's daughter
- Kiyoshi Nonomura as Rikizo, Takashi's brother
- Yoshi Katō as Sojiro, Sadako's father
- Yasushi Nagata as Heizaemon, Heibei's father
- Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Koshinuma
- Masakazu Tamura as Eiichi, Sadako's son
- Masaya Totsuka as Morito, Sadako's son
- Eijirō Tōno as Policeman
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Immortal Love at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Immortal Love at Shochiku Films". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Immortal Love" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ 日本映画人名事典 (Encyclopedia of Japanese Film Actors). Kinemajunposha. 1996. p. 150-151. ISBN 978-4-8737-6189-3.
External links
[edit]- Immortal Love at IMDb
- Immortal Love at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)