Orizuru Osen
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DVD cover of 2009 release
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| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Written by | Tatsunosuke Takashima |
| Based on | Baishoku Kamo Nanban by Kyōka Izumi |
| Starring | Isuzu Yamada Daijiro Natsukawa Ichiro Yoshizawa |
| Narrated by | Suisei Matsui Midori Sawato |
| Cinematography | Minoru Miki |
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Daiichi Eiga
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Orizuru Osen (折鶴お千?) (English: The Downfall of Osen) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Isuzu Yamada.[1] It is based on Kyōka Izumi's novel Baishoku Kamo Nanban.[2]
Like most Japanese silent films, it played with benshi accompaniment. The film centers on the theme of the strength of a woman who gives everything to the man she loves; a theme which Mizoguchi explored his whole life. The moving camera technique and bold retrospective scenes greatly reflect Mizoguchi's experimental approach.[citation needed]
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Cast
- Isuzu Yamada as Osen
- Daijiro Natsukawa as Sokichi Hata
- Ichiro Yoshizawa as Ukiki
- Shin Shibata as Kumazawa
- Genichi Fujii as Matsuda
- Eiji Nakano as the Professor
Reception
Japanese film scholar Chika Kinoshita noted that the film occupies a special place within the critical reception of Kenji Mizoguchi's oeuvre and it has been signed out as one of the earliest embodiments of his style in the late 1930s.[3]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Orizuru Osen at IMDb
- Orizuru Osen at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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