The Romance of Yushima
Japanese movie poster
Directed byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Written byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Jun Sagara
Kyōka Izumi (novel)
Produced byAsata Fujii
CinematographyKimio Watanabe
Music byIchirō Saitō
Production
company
Release date
  • 28 September 1955 (1955-09-28) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
116 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Romance of Yushima (婦系図 湯島の白梅, Onna keizu: Yushima no shiraume, lit. "Genealogy of women: White plums of Yushima) is a 1955 Japanese romance drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is based on the 1907 novel Onna keizu by Kyōka Izumi.[1][2]

Plot

The film follows the tragic love story between student Chikara and his mistress Otsuta, a geisha.

Cast

Background

Izumi's novel, first published in serialised form in 1907, became popular as a shinpa play the following year, which added the title giving Yushima[a] setting originally not contained in the book.[3]

TV version

A TV dramatisation was broadcast between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June 1966, again starring Fujiko Yamamoto.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ A district in Bunkyō ward, Tokyo.

References

  1. ^ a b "婦系図 湯島の白梅". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "婦系図 湯島の白梅". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "婦系図". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ^ "婦系図 湯島の白梅". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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Films directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
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