Portrait of Chieko (1967)
2h 5m
Running Time
June 22, 1967Release Date
Portrait of Chieko (1967)
2h 5m
Running Time
June 22, 1967Release Date
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Plot.
Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity.
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Cast & Crew.
Tetsurō Tamba
Kotaro Takamura
Mikijiro Hira
Ishii
Shima Iwashita
Chieko Takamura
Jin Nakayama
Toyochika Takamura
Takamaru Sasaki
Koun Takamura
Kinuko Obata
Osato
Kaori Shima
Fumiko
Noboru Nakamura
Director
Haruo Satô
Writer
Masuyo Iwamoto
Nobuko
Kotaro Takamura
Writer
Ayako Hosho
Yasu Naganuma
Taketoshi Naitō
Director Sawada
Masaru Satō
Composer
Yoshi Katō
Sokichi Naganuma
Hiroshi Takemura
Cinematographer
Details.
Wiki.
Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄, Chieko-shō) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It is based both on the 1941 poetry collection Chieko-shō by Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura, dedicated to his wife Chieko (1886–1938), and on the 1957 novel Shōsetsu Chieko-shō by Haruo Satō. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.