Portrait of Chieko

Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
Directed by	Noboru Nakamura
Screenplay by	Noboru Nakamura; Joe Hirose;
Based on	Chieko-shō; by Kōtarō Takamura; Shōsetsu Chieko-shō; by Haruo Satō;
Produced by	Masao Shirai
Starring	Shima Iwashita; Tetsurō Tanba;
Cinematography	Hiroshi Takemura
Edited by	Keiichi Uraoka
Music by	Masaru Satō
Production; company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	June 5, 1967;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄, Chieko-shō) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura.^[3] It is based both on the poetry collection Chieko-shō by Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura, which reminisces about his wife Chieko, and on the novel Shōsetsu Chieko-shō by Haruo Satō.^[1]^[2] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.^[4]

Cast[]

Shima Iwashita as Chieko Takamura
Tetsurō Tanba as Kōtarō Takamura
Jin Nakayama as Toyochika Takamura
Yōko Minamida as Kazuko Tsubaki
Eiji Okada as Tsubaki
Mikijirō Hira as Ishii
Kaori Shima as Fumiko
Takamaru Sasaki as Takamura Kōun
Tetsuo Ishidate as Tarō
Kinuko Obata as Osato Sawada
Yoshi Katō as Sōkichi Naganuma
Poems read by Hiroshi Akutagawa

Reception[]

In a contemporary review, "Whit." of Variety described Portrait of Chieko as an "Exquisitely beautiful Japanese film", noting that Shima Iwashita "delivers a finely restrained performance of Oscar proportions, catching every nuance of character with consummate acting skill". The review went on to praise the cinematography by Hiroshi Takemura, Tatsuo Homada's art direction and Masaru Satō's score.^[5]

Other adaptations[]

Takamura's poems had already been adapted for film in 1957. The film, also titled Chieko-shō, had been directed by Hisatora Kumagai and starred Sō Yamamura and Setsuko Hara.^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "智恵子抄 1967". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "智恵子抄". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "智恵子抄" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 20, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.
^ "智恵子抄 1957". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "智恵子抄". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

External links[]

Portrait of Chieko at IMDb

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[kinenote67-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "智恵子抄 1967". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[jmdb67-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "智恵子抄". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[3] "智恵子抄" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[Oscars1968-4] "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[variety-book-5] Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 20, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.

[6] "智恵子抄 1957". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[jmdb57-7] "智恵子抄". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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