Trailer
Bridge of Japan
7.3
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1h 51m
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1956
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.
Cast
Chikage Awashima
Otaka Inaba
Ayako Wakao
Ochise
Fujiko Yamamoto
Kiyoha Takinoya
Ryūji Shinagawa
Shinso Kuzuki
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Eijirō Yanagi
Shinpachiro Kasahara
Eiji Funakoshi
Shinpachiro Kasahara
Eiichi Takamura
Kiyoha's Husband
Hiroshi Sugi
Teruko Kishi
Kumeko Urabe
Sadako Sawamura
Natsuko Kahara
Kiyoko Hirai
Mantarō Ushio
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