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1959 Japanese film

Kiku to Isamu

Japanese name
Kanji	キクとイサム

Directed by	Tadashi Imai
Written by	Yōko Mizuki
Produced by	Takerō Itō Kiichi Ichikawa
Starring	Tanie Kitabayashi
Cinematography	Shunichirō Nakao
Music by	Masao Ōki
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	March 29, 1959 (1959-03-29)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kiku and Isamu (キクとイサム, Kiku to Isamu) is a 1959 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai which addresses the subject of children from interracial relationships.

Cast

Emiko Takahashi
George Okunoyama
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kōji Mitsui
Osamu Takizawa
Rentarō Mikuni
Seiji Miyaguchi
Eijirō Tōno
Masao Oda
Masao Mishima
Teruko Nagaoka

Awards and nominations

10th Blue Ribbon Awards

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Actress - Tanie Kitabayashi
Won: Best Screenplay - Youko Mizuki

References

^ "キクとイサム (Kiku and Isamu)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

v t e Films directed by Tadashi Imai
Minshū no Teki (1946) Aoi sanmyaku (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Mahiru no ankoku (1956) Jun'ai Monogatari (1957) Rice (1957) (also The Rice People) Night Drum (1958) Kiku to Isamu (1959) Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) Brother and Sister (1976)

Awards

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film

1950–2000

Until We Meet Again (1950)
Repast (1951)
Lightning (1952)
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
The Rice People (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Kiku to Isamu (1959)
Her Brother (1960)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Foundry Town (1962)
The Insect Woman (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Red Beard (1965)
The Great White Tower (1966)
The Fossil (1974)
Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Third Base (1978)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Kagemusha (1980)
Muddy River (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Ran (1985)
House of Wedlock (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
The Silk Road (1988)
Dotsuitarunen (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
All Under the Moon (1993)
Like a Rolling Stone (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
Hana-bi (1998)
Taboo (1999)
Battle Royale (2000)

2001–present

Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Break Through! (2005)
Hula Girls (2006)
Kisaragi (2007)
Climber's High (2008)
Mt. Tsurugidake (2009)
Confessions (2010)
Cold Fish (2011)
Our Homeland (2012)
The Story of Yonosuke (2013)
Samurai Hustle (2014)
The Emperor in August (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Wilderness (2017)
One Cut of the Dead (2018)
Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)
Fukushima 50 (2020)
Last of the Wolves (2021)
A Man (2022)
Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
Ima Hitotabi no (1947)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Late Spring (1949)
Until We Meet Again (1950)
Repast (1951)
Ikiru (1952)
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
The Rice People (1957)
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Kiku to Isamu (1959)
Her Brother (1960)
A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Harakiri (1962)
High and Low (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Red Beard (1965)
The Great White Tower (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
Double Suicide (1969)
Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
Silence (1971)
The Long Darkness (1972)
Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)
Castle of Sand (1974)
The Fossil (1975)
Fumō Chitai (1976)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The Incident (1978)
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Kagemusha (1980)
Muddy River (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
W's Tragedy (1984)
Ran (1985)
The Sea and Poison (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Black Rain (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
My Sons (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
All Under the Moon (1993)
A Dedicated Life (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Begging for Love (1998)
Poppoya (1999)
Face (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
Blood and Bones (2004)
Break Through! (2005)
Sway (2006)
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Departures (2008)
The Unbroken (2009)
Villain (2010)
Postcard (2011)
A Terminal Trust (2012)
The Great Passage (2013)
My Man (2014)
Three Stories of Love (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Hanagatami (2017)
Shoplifters (2018)
Listen to the Universe (2019)
Mother (2020)
Drive My Car (2021)
Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
Okiku and the World (2023)

v t e Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film
1927–1940	Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927) A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928) Jobless Samurai (1929) Beheading Place (1930) What Made Her Do It? (1931) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932) I Was Born, But... (1933) Passing Fancy (1934) A Story of Floating Weeds (1935) Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936) Sisters of the Gion (1937) Limitless Advance (1938) Five Scouts (1939) Earth (1940)
1941–1960	Kojima no haru (1941) The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942) The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943) Morning for the Osone Family (1947) A Ball at the Anjo House (1948) Drunken Angel (1949) Late Spring (1950) Until We Meet Again (1951) Early Summer (1952) Ikiru (1953) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954) Twenty-Four Eyes (1955) Floating Clouds (1956) Darkness at Noon (1957) The Rice People (1958) The Ballad of Narayama (1959) Kiku to Isamu (1960)
1961–1980	Her Brother (1961) Bad Boys (1962) Being Two Isn't Easy (1963) The Insect Woman (1964) Woman in the Dunes (1965) Red Beard (1966) The Great White Tower (1967) Samurai Rebellion (1968) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969) Double Suicide (1970) Where Spring Comes Late (1971) The Ceremony (1972) The Long Darkness (1973) Tsugaru Folk Song (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976) The Youth Killer (1977) The Yellow Handkerchief (1978) Third Base (1979) Vengeance Is Mine (1980)
1981–2000	Zigeunerweisen (1981) Muddy River (1982) Fall Guy (1983) The Family Game (1984) The Funeral (1985) And Then (1986) The Sea and Poison (1987) A Taxing Woman (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1989) Black Rain (1990) The Cherry Orchard (1991) My Sons (1992) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993) All Under the Moon (1994) A Dedicated Life (1995) A Last Note (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) The Eel (1998) Fireworks (1998) Wait and See (2000)
2001–present	Face (2001) Go (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004) Nobody Knows (2005) Break Through! (2006) Hula Girls (2007) I Just Didn't Do It (2008) Departures (2009) Dear Doctor (2010) Villain (2011) Postcard (2012) Our Homeland (2013) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014) The Light Shines Only There (2015) Three Stories of Love (2016) In This Corner of the World (2017) The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018) Shoplifters (2019) It Feels So Good (2020) Wife of a Spy (2021) Drive My Car (2022) Small, Slow But Steady (2023) Okiku and the World (2024)

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