Japan / Oct 31, 1935
1h 12min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono himself is bound by an engagement to Sayoko, daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mitsugu Terashima | Munechika's father |
| Ichirō Tsukida | Seizo Ono |
| Yōko Umemura | Fujio's mother |
| Chiyoko Ôkura | Sayako Inoue |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 虞美人草 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Daiichi Eiga |
| Release date | 31 ottobre 1935 |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata |
| Writer | Haruo Takayanagi, Daisuke Itō, Natsume Sōseki |
| Editing | Tazuko Sakane |
| Cinematography | Shigeto Miki |
| Assistant directors | Ishitaro Takagi, Tazuko Sakane, Haruto Sato, Terakado Seikichi, Kōichi Takagi, Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Lighting | Tatsuro Horikoshi, Yoshinosuke Kitanishi |
| Camera operators | Shigeto Miki |
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| Additional photography | Shigeto Miki |
| Production design | Goro Hisamitsu, Hichiro Nishi, Gonshiro Saito, Haruo Takeno |
| Art direction | Haruo Takeno, Goro Hisamitsu, Hichiro Nishi, Gonshiro Saito |
| Set decoration | Goro Hisamitsu, Hichiro Nishi, Gonshiro Saito, Haruo Takeno |
| Music | Yasumi Mizuguchi, Tatsuki Murita, Yosinosuke Takeuchi |
| Sound | Yasumi Mizuguchi, Tatsuki Murita, Yosinosuke Takeuchi |
| Costume design | Daizaburo Nakamura, Ozasa Shôjirô, Shigeko Ishii, Ishitaro Takagi |
| Makeup | Daizaburo Nakamura, Shigeko Ishii, Ishitaro Takagi, Ozasa Shôjirô |
| Hairstyling | Daizaburo Nakamura, Shigeko Ishii, Ishitaro Takagi, Ozasa Shôjirô |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Jan 01, 1981
France / Oct 13, 1993 / U
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