Akitsu onsen

Jun 15 1962 N/A 1h 53m
Drama, Romance

Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.

Plot

The day before Japan announces its defeat in WW2, a very ill Shusaku arrives in Okayama. He meets Shinko, an innkeeper, who inadvertently gives him the will to live as he spies her crying one day. As romance blossoms, the secret death wish he'd brought with him contends with true love for precedence in their relationship. Based on the book by Shinya Fujiwara.

Written by

Shinji Fujiwara, Yoshishige Yoshida

Directed by

Yoshishige Yoshida

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Shochiku

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,215
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA