Aozora musume
A Cheerful Girl
(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1957
(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1957
- Release Date
- October, 8th, 1957
- Running Time
- 89 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- WAKAO Ayako ── ONO Yuko
- KAWASAKI Keizo ── HIRAOKA Ryosuke
- SUGAWARA Kenji ── FUTAMI, Yuko’s teacher
[ Staff ]
- GENJI Keita ── Based on the story by
- SHIRASAKA Yoshio ── Script
- TAKAHASHI Michio ── Photography
- KOSUGI Taichiro ── Music
- SHIBATA Tokuji ── Art director
[ Production Company ]
Daiei (Tokyo)
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
[ Story ]
In this lighthearted work from Masumura's early period, protagonist Yuko comes to Tokyo to find her mother after learning about her from her critically ill grandmother. The film, which unfolds beneath a cloudless blue sky, remains remarkably unsentimental despite its subject matter. Masumura's talent for rapid-fire editing is on full display in a scene in which Yuko plays table tennis at her stepmother's house. An array of well-drawn supporting characters, from a philosophy book-carrying fishmonger to the sharp-tongued Ono-family maid, adds to the film's charm.
Written by MIYAMOTO Noriaki
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (as Tribute to Yasuzô Masumura)
[ Contact (International) ]
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Literature and Movie Group
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Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: ZEZE Miki
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