Carmen from Kawachi

Kawachi Karumen, Carmen from Kawachi, feature film, 1966.

DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki

Carmen from Kawachi

CAST:
Yumiko Nogawa (Tsuyuko Takeda),
Ruriko Ito (Senko Takeda),
Chikako Miyagi (Kiku Takeda),
Michio Hino (Yukichi),
Masakazu Kuwayama (Ryoganbo)

SCRIPT:
Katsumi Miki (prema romanu Tôkôe Kona)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Shigeyoshi Mine

Synopsis:
The film is Suzuki’s version of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, shot in black and white with some segments in color to highlight certain aspects of the story. Karumen is a young girl from the provinces who works in a factory. After two villagers rape her, she leaves for Osaka and gets a job as a singer in a night club. Strangely enough, after her traumatic experience, men fall at her feet…

16 mm, b/w and color, 89 min