Keisuke KINOSHITA 木下惠介
永遠の人
Immortal Love
Nippon Retro ²
1932: When Heibei (Tatsuya NAKADAI), a wealthy landowner’s son, rapes Sadako, she is pressured into marrying him, despite her love for Takashi. This sparks a destructive, multigenerational cycle of jealousy and hate. Keisuke KINOSHITA’s humanist drama is set against majestic natural backdrops with a flamenco soundtrack by his brother.
Guests:
Claudia BERTOLÉ
永遠の人
Eien no hito
日本 1961
107 分
海外セールス
Shochiku
フィルム所蔵
Japan Foundation
キャスト
Hideko TAKAMINE, Tatsuya NAKADAI, Masakazu TAMURA, Masaya TOTSUKA, Yukiko FUJI
About Keisuke KINOSHITA
木下惠介
Keisuke KINOSHITA (1912–1998) is considered one of the most important Japanese directors. Starting in 1943, he made popular dramas, comedies, romances, ghost stories and noir films for Studio Shochiku, finding strong images even within conventions. After ARMY (1944), he was not allowed to work until the end of World War II. From 1945 on, the tension between the past and the hope for a new beginning was his central theme. The suffering, responsibility, and moral challenge of the individual are at the heart of many of his dramas. KINOSHITA’s rejection of feudal, militaristic Japan is clearly visible. With CARMEN COMES HOME (1951), he brought the first Japanese color film to the cinema, a summer comedy with serious overtones. KINOSHITA, who also repeatedly addressed the contrast between country and city, is considered the central humanist of post-war Japanese cinema. His sensitively-portrayed characters and their fates continue to touch audiences today.