The Heart (1973 film)
| The Heart | |
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| 心 | |
| Directed by | Kaneto Shindō |
| Written by |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Kiyomi Kuroda |
| Edited by | Mitsuo Kondo |
| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
Release date | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Heart (心, Kokoro), also titled Love Betrayed, is a 1973 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the 1914 novel Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki.[1][2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Noboru Matsuhashi as K
- Kazunaga Tsuji as S
- Nobuko Otowa as Mrs. M.
- Anri as I-ko
- Taiji Tonoyama as Father of S
- Yasuo Arakawa as Boy
- Sotomi Kotake as Girl
Literary source
[edit]Sōseki's novel has been adapted for film and television numerous times, the first time for cinema by Kon Ichikawa in 1955 as The Heart. For his version, writer/director Shindō moved the story's Meiji era setting to the 1970s[4] and put his focus only on the novel's third and final part, "Sensei to isho" ("Sensei's testament").[5]
Reception
[edit]While Louis Frédéric ranked The Heart among Shindō's important films,[6] Max Tessier criticised Shindō's "leaden directing" and "heavy-handed psychology".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "心 (Kokoro)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ a b "心 (Kokoro)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Natsume, Sōseki (2014). Kokoro: de wegen van het hart. Lebowski Publishers. ISBN 9789048836109.
- ^ Cazdyn, Eric (2001). "The Ends of Adaptation: Kon Ichikawa and the Politics of Cinematization". Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival Group. p. 224. ISBN 9780968296936.
- ^ Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 864. ISBN 9780674007703.
- ^ Tessier, Max (2001). "Kon Ichikawa: Black Humour as Therapy". Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival Group. p. 81. ISBN 9780968296936.
External links
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