Akitsu Springs

Akitsu Springs
Original Japanese Poster.
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Produced by Masao Shirai
Written by Shinji Fujiwara (novel)
Yoshishige Yoshida (screenplay)
Starring Mariko Okada
Hiroyuki Nagato
Music by Hikaru Hayashi
Cinematography Toichiro Narushima
Edited by Yoshi Sugihara
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date
  • June 15, 1962 (1962-06-15) (Japan)
Running time
 113 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Akitsu Springs (秋津温泉, Akitsu Onsen) is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato.

Plot

The film is set at the Akitsu health spa. Just after World War II, Shusaku Kawamoto (Hiroyuki Nagato) who is suffering from tuberculosis, has come to Akitsu to die. One young girl, Shinko (Mariko Okada), refuses to let him and invigorates him on the slow path to recovery. They fall in love, and in one of his darker moments, Shusaku asks Shinko to join him in double suicide. She accepts his love but not ready to die. Neither, it transpires, is Shusaku, and slowly they part. Time passes, Shinko finds out that Shusaku is married with a child, and he seems to have no interest in her any more.

Cast

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1962年 キネマ旬報賞 (in Japanese). MovieWalker at Walkerplus.com. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  2. ↑ 切腹 第17回(1962年度)毎日映画コンクール（日本映画大賞）受賞 (in Japanese). Mainichi Film Awards. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.


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