Akitsu Springs
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| Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Produced by | Masao Shirai |
| Written by | Shinji Fujiwara (novel) Yoshishige Yoshida (screenplay) |
| Starring | Mariko Okada Hiroyuki Nagato |
| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
| Cinematography | Toichiro Narushima |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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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.
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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
- 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
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Akitsu Springs at IMDb
- Akitsu Springs at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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