The Swan Elegy (1966)
One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé. On top of this, Reiko, suffering between two men, learns from her father that she is the child of her deceased mother and uncle. In this ambitious work, Sayuri Yoshinaga takes on the role of a girl who loves two men at the same time. The latest work from the golden duo of director Katsumi Nishikawa and actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, who created many masterpieces such as “The Izu Dancer”.
Director:
Katsumi Nishikawa
Writer:
Zenzō Matsuyama
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as |
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Tetsuya Watari as |
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Terumi Niki as |
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Hiroshi Sekiguchi as |
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Shizue Natsukawa as |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as |
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Shintaro Okuno as |
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Masao Shimizu as Koichiro Kobayashi |
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Reiko Arai as |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Story |
| Art | Akiyoshi Satani | Production Design |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Directing | Katsumi Nishikawa | Director |
| Camera | Kuratarō Takamura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Directing | Toshiya Fujita | Assistant Director |