Bangiku [videorecording] / BFI Video Publishing ; a film by Mikio Naruse ; producer, Masumi Fujimoto ; from a story by Fumio Hayashi ; music, Ichiro Saito ; cinematography, Masao Tamai.
Late chrysanthemums (Motion picture) Bangiku (Motion picture)
Notes:
A DVD release of the motion picture produced in 1954. Released by the BFI in 2007 as part of the Mikio Naruse box-set. DVD extras: Freda Freiberg on the film -- Paul Willemen on Naruse -- Interview with Teruo Ishii, director and assistant to Naruse -- Audio commentary by Freda Freiberg. Haruko Sugimura, Sadako Sawamura, Chikako Hosokawa, Yuko Mochizuki.
Summary:
Combining three Fumiko Hayashi stories about ageing geishas, the film focuses on Okin, the ex-geisha who has embraced the new post-war economy most successfully and single-mindedly.
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