Kenji MIZOGUCHI 溝口健二
Lady Oyu
Nippon Retro ²
Shinnosuke is presented with Shizu as a prospective bride, but instead falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu, who is barred from remarrying. Shizu, who cares more for her sister’s wellbeing than her own, urges Shinnosuke to go through with the wedding so that he and Oyu have a way to be close to each other. Kinuyo TANAKA stars as the eponymous Oyu in this love triangle of suppressed emotions from Kenji MIZOGUCHI.
お遊さま
Oyusama
Japan 1951
95 minutes
Director
Kenji MIZOGUCHI
Script
Yoshikata YODA based on a novel by Junichiro TANIZAKI
Cinematography
Kazuo MIYAGAWA
Music
Fumio HAYASAKA
Production
Daiei
World sales
KADOKAWA
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Kinuyo TANAKA, Nobuko OTOWA, Yuji HORI
About Kenji MIZOGUCHI
溝口健二
1898 – 1956
In cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation) and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
