Tsugaru Folk Song
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| Directed by | Kōichi Saitō |
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| Cinematography | Noritaka Sakamoto |
| Edited by | Tomoyo Ōshima |
| Music by | Takahashi Chikuzan |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tsugaru Folk Song (Japanese: 津軽じょんがら節, Hepburn: Tsugaru Jongarabushi) is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Kōichi Saitō. The story is about the search for the basis of Japanese national identity, and the escape of lovers to the wonder of nature.[1]
Cast
- Kyoko Enami as Isako Nakazato
- Akira Oda as Tetsuo Iwaki
- Mihoko Nakagawa as Yuki
- Kō Nishimura as Tamezo Tsukamoto
- Kojiro Hongo
- Hideo Sato as Kanayama
- Minori Terada as Yutaka
- Haruko Toda as Waki, Yuki's grandmother
Awards
50th Kinema Junpo Award
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Director for Kōichi Saitō
- Won: Best Actress for Kyoko Enami
- Won: Best Film
References
- ↑ Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha. 1982. p. 275.
- ↑ "Japan-movie" 28 1973年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
External links
- Tsugaru Folk Song at IMDb
- Tsugaru Folksong at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive