Suzakumon (film)
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Suzakumon English title: The Love of a Princess, is a 1957 color Japanese film
directed by Kazuo Mori
and based on novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi
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The film won 1957 Asia-Pacific Film Festival for best cinematography (Kazuo Miyagawa) and best film. The film also won 1958 special award at Mainichi Film Concours.
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Kazuo Mori
Kazuo Mori
was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1930s to 1970s.- Filmography :Kazuo Mori directed 131 films:* * Fighting Fire Fighter...
and based on novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Matsutaro Kawaguchi
was a Japanese novelist, playwright and movie producer active during the Shōwa period of Japan.-Biography:Kawaguchi was born in the plebian Asakusa district of Tokyo into an impoverished family. He was forced to leave home at the age of 14 to seek employment...
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The film won 1957 Asia-Pacific Film Festival for best cinematography (Kazuo Miyagawa) and best film. The film also won 1958 special award at Mainichi Film Concours.
Cast
- Ayako WakaoAyako Wakaois a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura...
as Princess Chikako, The Princess Kazu (和宮 親子内親王, Kazu-no-miya Chikako naishinnō) - Raizo IchikawaRaizo Ichikawawas a Japanese film and kabuki actor.He was born as Yoshiya Ōta in Kyoto on August 29, 1931.Ichikawa Raizō appeared mostly in period dramas . He is best known for the Sleepy Eyes of Death series, Ninja series and Nakano Spy School series...
as Prince Arisugawa TaruhitoPrince Arisugawa Taruhitobecame the 9th head of line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871. He was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.-Early life:... - Fujiko YamamotoFujiko Yamamotois a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She is the winner of the first Grand Prix of Miss Japan in 1950.-Career:...
as Yuhide, Princess Kazu's waiting woman - Shunji Natsume as Emperor KōmeiEmperor Komeiwas the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867.-Genealogy:Before Kōmei's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was ;, his title was ....
- Kuniko Miyake as Kyoko, Kazunomiya's mother (Tsuneko Hashimoto)
- Eijiro TonoEijirô Tonowas a Japanese actor who took supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo , as well as Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon ....
as Tomofusa Kunokura, Yuhide's father - Eitaro Ozawa as Iwakura (as Sakae Ozawa)
- Yoichi Funaki as Ieshige TokunagaTokunaga clanThe was a Japanese clan of the premodern period, which claimed descent from the Fujiwara clan. During the late Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo periods, one of its branches was the daimyo family which ruled the Takasu fief. It was dispossessed by the Shogunate, but later forgiven, and carried on as a...
- Toshio HosokawaToshio Hosokawais a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Hosokawa studied with Yun Isang at the Berlin University of the Arts. Since 1998, Hosokawa has served as Composer-in-Residence at the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, Hosokawa became a guest professor at Tokyo College of Music...
as Yoshitsune TokugawaTokugawa clanThe was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:... - Masao Mishima as Tadayoshi Sakai (Sakai TadaakiSakai Tadaaki, also known as Sakai Tadayoshi, was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, and he was a prominent shogunal official. He was also known as Shūri-daibu ; as Wakasa-no-kami ; and Ukyō-daibu...
) - Kikue Mōri as Honjuin, 13th ShogunTokugawa IesadaTokugawa Iesada Tokugawa Iesada Tokugawa Iesada (徳川 家定 (May 6, 1824 – August 14, 1858) was the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office for only 5 years, from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and therefore unfit to be shogun in this period of great challenges...
's mother - Kimiko Tachibana as Oriko
- Hisao Toake as Kujo
- Eijirō Yanagi as Ryuan, Yuhide's real father
- and others