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日本橋 (1956)
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a sanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko (Chikage Awashima) and Kiyoha (Fujiko Yamamoto) fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle ot the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi (Ryuji Shinagawa), is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.
Updated Jun 1 2020
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Cast
Fujiko Yamamoto
Kiyoha Takinoya
Ayako Wakao
Ochise
Eijirô Yanagi
Shinpachiro Kasahara
Chikage Awashima
Otaka Inaba
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Ryûji Shinagawa
Shinso Kuzuki
Eiichi Takamura
Kiyoha's Husband
Crew
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Yasuzô Masumura
Assistant Director
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Natto Wada
Screenplay
Kyoka Izumi
Original Story
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Kimio Watanabe
Director of Photography
Tsunekichi Shibata
Lighting Technician
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