Director: Yoshida Kiju
Scriptwriter: Kiju Yoshida
after Shinji Fujiwara's novel Akitsu Onse
Cinematographer: Toichiro Narushim
Editor: Yoshi Shugihar
Sound:
Music: Hikaru Hayash
Cast: Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagat
Production:
Shochiku (Masao Shirai)
Distribution:
Sepia Production
5 passage du piver
75000 - Paris
France
Tel.: 0033 148078061
Fax.: 0033 148072982
Year: 1962
35 mm, Colour, 113 mn, OV Japanese with French Subtitles
During the summer of 1945, Shusaku finds himself more or less by chance of the Akitsu thermal spa. Tubercular and driven to despair by war, he tries to commit suicide but is saved by Shinko, the inn chamber maid. They fall in love but Shusaku, once his health recovers returns to the city. The two lovers don't stop meeting up over the next 17 years but a real liaison never takes root. Despite Shusaku's debauched lifestyle and his increasing cynicism over the years, Shinko remains faithful to him.
