The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono himself is bound by an engagement to Sayoko, daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector
- Daisuke ItōWriter
- Haruo TakayanagiWriter
Cast
- Yukichi IwataTomotaka Inoue
- Kasuke KoizumiLand owner
- Kuniko MiyakeFujio Kono
- Daijiro NatsukawaHajime Munechika
- Tōichirō NegishiAsai
- Ayako NijoItoko
- Kazuyoshi TakedaKingo Kono
- Mitsugu TerashimaMunechika's father
- Ichirō TsukidaSeizo Ono
- Yōko UmemuraFujio's mother
- Chiyoko ÔkuraSayako Inoue
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookheirloom