The Romance of Yushima
- 28 September 1955 (1955-09-28) (Japan)[1][2]
The Romance of Yushima (婦系図 湯島の白梅, Onna keizu: Yushima no shiraume, lit. "Genealogy of women: White plums of Yushima) is a 1955 Japanese romance drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is based on the 1907 novel Onna keizu by Kyōka Izumi.[1][2]
Plot
The film follows the tragic love story between student Chikara and his mistress Otsuta, a geisha.
Cast
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Otsuta
- Kōji Tsuruta as Chikara Hayase
- Masayuki Mori as Shunzo Sakai
- Sumiko Fujita as Taeko Sakai
- Yasuko Kawakami as Yukiko Matsumura
- Haruko Sugimura as Koyoshi
- Daisuke Katō as Menoso
Background
Izumi's novel, first published in serialised form in 1907, became popular as a shinpa play the following year, which added the title giving Yushima[a] setting originally not contained in the book.[3]
TV version
A TV dramatisation was broadcast between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June 1966, again starring Fujiko Yamamoto.[4]
Notes
- ^ A district in Bunkyō ward, Tokyo.
References
External links
- The Romance of Yushima at IMDb
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