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Bridge of Japan

Overview

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead, Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko and Kiyoha fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle of the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi, is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.

RATING

7.30

DIRECTOR

Kon Ichikawa

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1956

TIME

1h 51m

GENRES

Romance

Drama

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淡島千景‌

淡島千景

Otaka Inaba

若尾文子‌

若尾文子

Ochise

山本 富士子‌

山本 富士子

Kiyoha Takinoya

品川隆二‌

品川隆二

Shinso Kuzuki

川口浩‌

川口浩

柳永二郎‌

柳永二郎

Shinpachiro Kasahara

船越英二‌

船越英二

Shinpachiro Kasahara

高村栄一‌

高村栄一

Kiyoha's Husband

杉寛‌

杉寛

岸辉子‌

岸辉子

浦辺粂子‌

浦辺粂子

沢村貞子‌

沢村貞子

賀原夏子‌

賀原夏子

平井岐代子‌

平井岐代子

潮万太郎‌

潮万太郎

Kōichi Itō‌

Kōichi Itō

Koh Sugita‌

Koh Sugita

中田勉‌

中田勉

Kôji Minami‌

Kôji Minami

Keiji Aoyama‌

Keiji Aoyama

伊達正三郎‌

伊達正三郎

Toshiyuki Ohara‌

Toshiyuki Ohara

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