Akitsu Springs (秋津温泉, Akitsu onsen) is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato.[1][2]
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Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
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Produced by | Masao Shirai |
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Cinematography | Toichiro Narushima |
Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
Production company | Shochiku |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 112 minutes[1][2] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Shortly before the end of World War II, young soldier Shusaku, ill with tuberculosis, arrives at Akitsu, expecting to die soon. Shinko, daughter of a widow and innkeeper, helps him to recover and invigorates his will to live. They fall in love, and although she is first willing to follow him when he suggests to commit shinjū together, they eventually let go of their plan. Shinko muses to marry Shusaku, but her mother intervenes and sends him away. Over a span of 17 years, Shusaku, now married and a father, continues to meet with Shinko, but also has affairs with other women. During their last encounters, she declares that she is now ready to die with him, but Shusaku is reluctant. When he leaves Akitsu again after a visit, Shinko, having sold the inn and being weary of life, commits suicide alone, grieved by Shusaku.
Akitsu Springs was Mariko Okada's 100th film[3] and the first under the direction of her future husband Yoshida.[4]
Akitsu Springs was released on DVD in 2013 as part of production company Shochiku's Yoshishige Yoshida DVD-Box Vol. 1.[7]
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