Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (1988)

嵐が丘

When I go to hell, you will be with me.....

Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Kinu. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Kinu, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Mitsuhiko, a man of means who befits her stature. Onimaru vows to win her back.

Date of release
1988-05-28
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (14)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama
Director
Yoshishige Yoshida

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is a 1988 Japanese Gothic jidaigeki drama film written and directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It is based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Emily Brontë, with the setting transplanted to the Muromachi period of medieval Japan. Yoshida's film adapts both halves of the novel, unlike other adaptations. Wuthering Heights was a French-Swiss-Japanese co-production, and shown in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. The film stars Yūsaku Matsuda, in one of his final performances, as Onimaru (Heathcliff) and Yūko Tanaka as Kinu (Catherine), alongside Rentarō Mikuni, Tatsuo Nadaka and Eri Ishida.

Background

In a 2009 interview, Yoshida stated, "Then I made Wuthering Heights... as pure cinema, just as a cinematic challenge." Yoshida also said that his adaptation, "owes as much to Georges Bataille as to Emily Brontë."

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