1949 Japanese film
| Aoi sanmyaku | |
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| Kanji | 青い山脈 |
| Revised Hepburn | Aoi Sanmyaku |
| Directed by | Tadashi Imai |
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| Based on | Blue Mountain Range by Yōjirō Ishizaka |
| Produced by | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Music by | Ryoichi Hattori |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Aoi sanmyaku (青い山脈, lit. Blue Mountain Range) is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on Yōjirō Ishizaka's novel of the same name, which was first published in serialised form in 1947.
Plot
After defending Shinko, student at a rural girls' high school, for seeing a young man from the village, teacher Yukiko, who has just been transferred from Tokyo, finds herself in opposition to the conservative faculty and villagers.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Setsuko Hara | Yukiko Shimazaki |
| Ryō Ikebe | Rokusuke Kaneya |
| Michiyo Kogure | Umetaro/Tora Sasai |
| Yōko Sugi | Shinko Terazawa |
| Ichiro Ryuzaki | Tamao Numata |
| Setsuko Wakayama | Kazuko Sasai |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | Okamoto-san |
Production and legacy
Aoi sanmyaku was released in two parts, part one on July 19, 1949, part two one week later, and was highly successful both with the audience and the critics.
The film's popular theme song theme was sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and Mitsue Nara. Ishizaka's novel was adapted again in 1957, 1975 and 1988.
Reception
The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited this movie as one of his 100 favorite films.
References
- ^ "青い山脈 (Aoi Sanmyaku, Part one)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "続青い山嶚 (Aoi Sanmyaku, Part two)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8108-6004-9.
- ^ "青い山脈 (Aoi sanmyaku)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- Hirano, Kyoko (1992). Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945–1952. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 234–235. ISBN 1-56098-157-1.
- Thomas-Mason, Lee. "From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese: Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links
- Aoi sanmyaku (Part one) at IMDb
- Aoi sanmyaku (Part two) at IMDb
- Aoi sanmyaku (Part one) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Aoi sanmyaku (Part two) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Scene from the film on YouTube
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