Drama · Japan · 1960 · 1h 54m

The Song Lantern

歌行燈

Director

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa as Mayumi Kurata as Fujiko Yamamoto as Natsuko Kahara as Eitarō Ozawa as Rieko Sumi as

Crew

Kimio Watanabe — Director of Photography Ichirō Saitō — Original Music Composer Jun Sagara — Screenplay Teinosuke Kinugasa — Screenplay Izumi Kyōka — Novel Masaichi Nagata — Producer

Synopsis

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the actors of the Japanese classical theater No, friendship, hatred and love…

Mood & Themes

theatre

Key Collaborators

Teinosuke Kinugasa Director Kimio Watanabe Director of Photography Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer Jun Sagara Screenplay Teinosuke Kinugasa Screenplay Izumi Kyōka Novel Masaichi Nagata Producer

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