Akitsu Springs

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Akitsu Springs
Akitsu Springs.jpg
Original Japanese poster
Directed byYoshishige Yoshida
Written by
  • Yoshishige Yoshida (screenplay)
  • Shinji Fujiwara (novel)
Produced byMasao Shirai
Starring
CinematographyToichiro Narushima
Edited byYoshi Sugihara
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • June 15, 1962 (1962-06-15) (Japan)
[1][2]
Running time
112 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Akitsu Springs (秋津温泉, Akitsu onsen) is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato.[1][2]

Plot[]

Shortly before the end of World War II, young soldier Shusaku, ill with tuberculosis, arrives at Akitsu, expecting to die soon. Shinko, daughter of a widow and innkeeper, helps him to recover and invigorates his will to live. They fall in love, and although she is first willing to follow him when he suggests to commit shinjū together, they eventually let go of their plan. Shinko muses to marry Shusaku, but her mother intervenes and sends him away. Over a span of 17 years, Shusaku, now married and a father, continues to meet with Shinko, but also has affairs with other women. During their last encounters, she declares that she is now ready to die with him, but Shusaku is reluctant. When he leaves Akitsu again after a visit, Shinko, having sold the inn and being weary of life, commits suicide alone, grieved by Shusaku.

Cast[]

Production[]

Akitsu Springs was Mariko Okada's 100th film[3] and the first under the direction of her future husband Yoshida.[4]

Awards[]

Home media[]

Akitsu Springs was released on DVD in 2013 as part of production company Shochiku's Yoshishige Yoshida DVD-Box Vol. 1.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "秋津温泉 (Akitsu Springs)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "秋津温泉 (Akitsu Springs)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "秋津温泉 (Akitsu Springs)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  5. ^ "Akitsu onsen: Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ 切腹 第17回(1962年度)毎日映画コンクール（日本映画大賞）受賞 (in Japanese). Mainichi Film Awards. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  7. ^ "吉田喜重DVD-BOX第1集 (Yoshishige Yoshida DVD-Box Vol. 1)". Shochiku Home Entertainment (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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