Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu onsen, feature film, 1962.
DIRECTED BY: Kiju Yoshida
CAST:
Mariko Okada (Shinko),
Hiroyuki Nagato (Shusaku),
Sumiko Hidaka (Otami),
Jûkichi Uno (Kenkichi Matsumiya),
Masako Nakamura (Harue,
njegova sestra)
SCRIPT:
Kiju (Yoshishige) Yoshida (prema romanu Fujiware Shinjia)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Toichiro Narushima
Synopsis:
Shusaku is a student who came to the Akitsu hot springs to die. He suffers from a highly dangerous form of tuberculosis, and in fact he has lost all will to live. Shinko, whose mother owns the hot springs, slowly returns him to life with her warmth, love and will to live. They fall in love but after finding out that Japan has lost WW II, they attempt suicide together.
color, 113 min