The Romance of Yushima explained

The Romance of Yushima
Director:	Teinosuke Kinugasa
Producer:	Asata Fujii
Music:	Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography:	Kimio Watanabe
Studio:	Daiei Film
Runtime:	116 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1955 Japanese romance drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is based on the 1907 novel Onna keizu by Kyōka Izumi.

Plot

The film follows the tragic love story between student Chikara and his mistress Otsuta, a geisha.

Cast

• Fujiko Yamamoto as Otsuta
• Kōji Tsuruta as Chikara Hayase
• Masayuki Mori as Shunzo Sakai
• Sumiko Fujita as Taeko Sakai
• Yasuko Kawakami as Yukiko Matsumura
• Haruko Sugimura as Koyoshi
• Daisuke Katō as Menoso

Background

Izumi's novel, first published in serialised form in 1907, became popular as a shinpa play the following year, which added the title giving Yushima setting originally not contained in the book.^[1]

TV version

A TV dramatisation was broadcast between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June 1966, again starring Fujiko Yamamoto.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 婦系図 . Kotobank . ja . 10 August 2017.
2. Web site: 婦系図 湯島の白梅 . TV Drama Database . ja . 25 July 2023.