Drama ·Romance · Japan · 1957 · 1h 57m

Elegy of the North

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Director
Heinosuke Gosho
Cast
Yoshiko Kuga as Reiko Hyodo Masayuki Mori as Setsuo Katsuragi Mieko Takamine as Akiko Katsuragi Akira Ishihama as Mikio Hisada Fumio Watanabe as Tatsumi Furuse Tatsuo Saitō as Reiko's father
Crew
Junichi Segawa — Director of Photography Shin Nagata — Editor Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi — Screenplay Shigeko Yuki — Screenplay
Synopsis

​Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.

Key Collaborators
Heinosuke Gosho Director Junichi Segawa Director of Photography Shin Nagata Editor Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Shigeko Yuki Screenplay
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