Appassionata (1984)
2h 25m
Running Time
January 14, 1984Release Date
Appassionata (1984)
2h 25m
Running Time
January 14, 1984Release Date
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Plot.
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
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Cast & Crew.
Mariko Okada
Sei Shimamura
Yûko Natori
Tsuya Shimamura
Morio Kazama
Taio Nishiuchi
Aki Mizusawa
Shima Shimamura
Kei Satō
Shokei Takagi
Sadao Nakajima
Director
Hiro Matsuda
Writer
Tomiko Miyao
Writer
Ayako Kobayashi
Sei as a girl
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Composer
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Sei's uncle
Fujio Morita
Cinematographer
Mieko Takamine
Chikiriya's owner
Tomiko Ishii
Midwife
Mineko Maruhira
Neighborhood lady
Mitsue Wakabayashi
Sei's grandmother
Kayoko Tominaga
Kura Shimamura
Mieko Hoshino
Neighborhood lady
Aki Sawa
Neighborhood lady
Mayumi Tokunaga
Neighborhood lady
Mayumi Eda
Waitress
Keiko Nanase
Girl
Hiroshi Tanaka
Postman
Michihiro Kinoshita
Rickshaw man
Makoto Asai
Rickshaw man
Etsuko Ichihara
Narrator (voice)
Isamu Ichida
Editor
Yoshikazu Sano
Art Direction
Teruhiko Arakawa
Sound Mixer
Norimichi Igawa
Art Direction
Yoshiaki Masuda
Lighting Technician
Hideto Kuriyama
Sound Recordist
Akira Shimizu
Assistant Director
Tokuko Miura
Naoji Iwata
Gorō Ōki
Junichi Hosokawa
Tankurô
Tsuyako Okajima
Michiko Tsushima
Takashi Ebata
Kojin Tokuda
Kōjiro Shirakawa
Hiroyuki Sugaya
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Sozaburo Yoshimi
Kunihiko Mitamura
Kojirō Kawanami
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