A Portrait of Shunkin (1976)
春琴抄
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.
- Date of release
- 1976-12-25
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Katsumi Nishikawa
Casting
- Momoe Yamaguchi — Okoto(お琴)
- Tomokazu Miura — Sasuke(佐助)
- Ikue Sakakibara — お吉
- Ryūji Shinagawa — Senkichi(千吉)
- Toru Wakasugi — 富三郎
- Akira Nagoya — Zensuke(善助)
- Akiko Kazami — Shige(しげ)
- Takako Kitagawa — お種
- Moeko Ezawa — Geisha(芸妓)
- Hōsei Komatsu — Ichizo(市蔵)
- Masakazu Kuwayama — Yohei Nukui(温井与平)
- Nobuo Nakamura — Harumatsu(春松検校)
Interesting facts
- Based on: Shunkinshō
Shunkinsho , also known as A Portrait of Shunkin, is a 1976 film adaptation of a short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The director of the film is Katsumi Nishikawa, and the cast includes Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura. The film is part of a series of love stories featuring Miura and Yamaguchi, who eventually married in real life.
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