The Romance of Yushima (婦系図 湯島の白梅, Onna keizu: Yushima no shiraume, lit. "Genealogy of women: White plums of Yushima) is a 1955 Japanese romance drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is based on the 1907 novel Onna keizu by Kyōka Izumi.[1][2]
| The Romance of Yushima | |
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| Directed by | Teinosuke Kinugasa |
| Written by | Teinosuke Kinugasa Jun Sagara Kyōka Izumi (novel) |
| Produced by | Asata Fujii |
| Cinematography | Kimio Watanabe |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
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Release date | |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
The film follows the tragic love story between student Chikara and his mistress Otsuta, a geisha.
Cast edit
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Otsuta
- Kōji Tsuruta as Chikara Hayase
- Masayuki Mori as Shunzo Sakai
- Sumiko Fujita as Taeko Sakai
- Yasuko Kawakami as Yukiko Matsumura
- Haruko Sugimura as Koyoshi
- Daisuke Katō as Menoso
Background edit
Izumi's novel, first published in serialised form in 1907, became popular as a shinpa play the following year, which added the title giving Yushima[a] setting originally not contained in the book.[3]
TV version edit
A TV dramatisation was broadcast between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June 1966, again starring Fujiko Yamamoto.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ A district in Bunkyō ward, Tokyo.
References edit
- ^ a b "婦系図 湯島の白梅". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ a b "婦系図 湯島の白梅". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "婦系図". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "婦系図 湯島の白梅". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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