Akitsu Springs
| Akitsu Springs | |
|---|---|
 Original Japanese Poster. | |
| Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Written by | Shinji Fujiwara (novel) Yoshishige Yoshida (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Masao Shirai |
| Starring | Mariko Okada Hiroyuki Nagato |
| Cinematography | Toichiro Narushima |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Akitsu Springs (秋津温泉, Akitsu Onsen) is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato.
Plot
The film is set at the Akitsu health spa. Just after World War II, Shusaku Kawamoto (Hiroyuki Nagato) who is suffering from tuberculosis, has come to Akitsu to die. One young girl, Shinko (Mariko Okada), refuses to let him and invigorates him on the slow path to recovery. They fall in love, and in one of his darker moments, Shusaku asks Shinko to join him in double suicide. She accepts his love but not ready to die. Neither, it transpires, is Shusaku, and slowly they part. Time passes, Shinko finds out that Shusaku is married with a child, and he seems to have no interest in her any more.
Cast
- Mariko Okada as Shinko
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Shusaku Kawamoto
- Kei Taguchi
- Asao Koike
- So Yamamura as Mikami
- Jukichi Uno as Kenkichi Matsumiya
Awards
- 1962: 36th Kinema Junpo Awards - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Mariko Okada [1]
- 1962: 17th Mainichi Film Award - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Mariko Okada [2]
References
- ^ 1962年 キネマ旬報賞 (in Japanese). MovieWalker at Walkerplus.com. Retrieved 30 January 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 切腹 第17回(1962年度)毎日映画コンクール（日本映画大賞）受賞 (in Japanese). Mainichi Film Awards. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
External links
- Akitsu Springs at IMDb
- Akitsu Springs at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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