Immortal Love
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| Immortal Love | |
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| File:Immortal Love (1961).jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Kanji | 永遠の人 |
| Directed by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Written by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Kusuda |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Music by | Chūji Kinoshita |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Immortal Love a.k.a. Bitter Spirit (Japanese: 永遠の人, romanized: Eien no Hito, lit. 'The eternal Person') is a 1961 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.[3] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4] Masakazu Tamura made his official debut in the film.[5]
Plot
Over a time span of 30 years, the film tells the story of Sadako, who is pressured into a marriage with Heibei, the crippled war veteran son of the local landlord, although she loves Takashi, a young man from the same village. Takashi later marries Tomoko, but neither he nor Sadako can forget their past mutual affection.
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Sadako
- Keiji Sada as Takashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Heibei
- Nobuko Otowa as Tomoko, Takashi's wife
- Akira Ishihama as Yutaka, Takashi's son
- Yukiko Fuji as Naoko, Sadako's daughter
- Kiyoshi Nonomura as Rikizo, Takashi's brother
- Yoshi Katō as Sojiro, Sadako's father
- Yasushi Nagata as Heizaemon, Heibei's father
- Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Koshinuma
- Masakazu Tamura as Eiichi, Sadako's son
- Masaya Totsuka as Morito, Sadako's son
- Eijirō Tōno as Policeman
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Immortal Love at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Immortal Love at Shochiku Films". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ↑ "Immortal Love" (in 日本語). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ↑ 日本映画人名事典 (Encyclopedia of Japanese Film Actors). Kinemajunposha. 1996. p. 150-151. ISBN 978-4-8737-6189-3.
External links
- Immortal Love at IMDb
- Immortal Love at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
