The Dancing Girl of Izu
| "The Dancing Girl of Izu" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Yasunari Kawabata |
| Original title | "伊豆の踊子 Izu no Odoriko" |
| Translator | Edward Seidensticker; J. Martin Holman |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 1926 |
| Published in English | 1955 (abridged version), 1998 (full translation) |
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" or "The Izu Dancer" (伊豆の踊子 Izu no odoriko) is a 1926 short story by the Japanese writer and Nobel Prize winner[1] Yasunari Kawabata. The short story was first translated into English by Edward Seidensticker and published in an abridged form as "The Izu Dancer" in The Atlantic Monthly in 1955.[2] A complete English translation of the story appeared in 1998.[3]
Kawabata has been called "one of the great authors of the [20th] century,"[4] with "The Izu Dancer" representing a lyric and elegaic memory of early love.[5] The story is well known in Japan, and, today, part of the story's name, odoriko (which means "dancing girl") is used as the name of express trains to the Izu area.[6]
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[edit] Adaptations
The story has been dramatized several times in Japan.
[edit] Film
Unless noted otherwise, all are talkies and in color. For each pair of stars, the female lead is named first.
- Koi no hana saku: Izu no odoriko (恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子, 1933); starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Den Obinata, directed by Heinosuke Gosho (silent, black and white); Shochiku[7]
- Izu no odoriko (1954); starring Hibari Misora and Akira Ishihama, directed by Yoshitarō Nomura (black and white); Shochiku[7]
- Izu no odoriko (1960); starring Haruko Wanibuchi and Masahiko Tsugawa, directed by Yoshirō Kawazu; Shochiku[7]
- Izu no odoriko (1963); starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and Hideki Takahashi, directed by Katsumi Nishikawa; Nikkatsu[7]
- Izu no odoriko (1966); starring Yōko Naitō and Toshio Kurosawa, directed by Hideo Onchi; Toho[7]
- Izu no odoriko (1974); starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura, directed by Katsumi Nishikawa; Nikkatsu[7]
[edit] Television
- Izu no odoriko, NHK 1961.[8]
- Izu no odoriko, KTV, 1973.[9]
- Izu no odoriko, Terebi Tokyo, 1993.[10]
[edit] Other derivatives
- Mōningu musume. Shinshun! Love sutōrīzu. 1st story "Izu no odoriko" (モーニング娘。新春！LOVEストーリーズ 1st story「伊豆の踊子」), TBS, 2002. Starring Morning Musume.[11]
- Ivu no okurimono (イヴの贈り物), Wowow 2007.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Nobel Lecture by Yasunari Kawabata, 1968
- ^ A variety of dates from 1952 to 1958 can be found on the web, but the archives of the Atlantic say it was the January 1955 issue (see this).
- ^ Yasunari Kawabata, The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories, trans. J. Martin Holman (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 1998; ISBN 1887178945).
- ^ Lawson, Robert N. (no date) "Kawabata's Unrequited Lovers". Within Robert N. Lawson's website, Washburn University. Paper delivered in the 1970s, unpublished until its appearance on the web.
- ^ Morris, Mark. 1997 "Orphans: Stories by a Japanese Nobel laureate are part memoir, part fiction", New York Times.
- ^ "Odoriko trains in Izu", photographs of "Odoriko" trains in Izu Peninsula.
- ^ a b c d e f 永遠の宝、伊豆の踊子 河津町、映画４作のフィルム保管, Asahi Shinbun, 5 June 1999, morning Shizuoka edition.
- ^ Entry, Terebi dorama no dētabēsu. Accessed 2012-2-25.
- ^ Entry, Terebi dorama no dētabēsu. Accessed 2012-2-25.
- ^ Entry, Terebi dorama no dētabēsu. Accessed 2012-2-25.
- ^ Entry, Terebi dorama no dētabēsu. Accessed 2012-2-25.
- ^ Entry, Terebi dorama no dētabēsu. Accessed 2012-2-25.
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