A Town of Love and Hope

A Town of Love and Hope (1959)

愛と希望の街

The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently become more complicated.

Date of release
1959-11-17
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Nagisa Ōshima

Casting

Interesting facts

A Town of Love and Hope , also known as Street of Love and Hope, is a 1959 Japanese drama film written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It was Ōshima's feature film debut.

Production

Due to the "new wave policy" of Shochiku studio's head Shirō Kido, designed to promote fresh and free films, Ōshima was given the opportunity to write and direct his first feature film with the production title The Boy Who Sold His Pigeon. Kido, unsatisfied with the result and calling it a "tendency picture", only gave it limited distribution under the title A Town of Love and Hope. Still, reviews for the film were positive.

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