Elegy of the North (1957)
Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.
Director:
Heinosuke Gosho
Writers:
Toshio Yasumi, Shigeko Yuki.
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Yoshiko Kuga as Reiko Hyodo |
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Masayuki Mori as Setsuo Katsuragi |
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Mieko Takamine as Akiko Katsuragi |
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Akira Ishihama as Mikio Hisada |
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Fumio Watanabe as Tatsumi Furuse |
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Tatsuo Saitō as Reiko's father |
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Kumeko Urabe as Grandma |
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Zeko Nakamura as Proprietor of the Daphne |
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Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Tanioka |
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Chikako Kaga as Tomoko |
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Etsuko Nakazato as Kumiko |
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Atsuo Takasaki as Nobuhiko |
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Takashi Sue as Mimizukuza member |
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Teruo Matsuyama as Mimizukuza member |
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Yasushi Inayoshi as Mimizukuza member |
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Masahiko Naruse as Mimizukuza member |
| Directing | Heinosuke Gosho | Director |
| Art | Kazuo Kubo | Art Direction |
| Editing | Shin Nagata | Editor |
| Production | Jiro Kaga | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Yasuko Harada | Original Story |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Production | Yoshishige Uchiyama | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Michio Okazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Shigeko Yuki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Hideo Horie | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Junichi Segawa | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Mitsuharu Hirata | Lighting Technician |