| Typhoon Over Nagasaki | |
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| Directed by | Yves Ciampi |
| Written by | Jean-Charles Tacchella Zenzô Matsuyama Annette Wademant Yves Ciampi |
| Produced by | Jacques Bar Raymond Froment Kuratarô Takamura |
| Starring | Danielle Darrieux Jean Marais Keiko Kishi Gert Fröbe |
| Cinematography | Henri Alekan |
| Edited by | Roger Dwyre |
| Music by | Chuji Kinoshita |
| Production companies | Cila Films Doxa Films CICC Pathé Shochiku |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | France Japan West Germany |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,974,430 admissions (France) |
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (French: Typhon sur Nagasaki) is a 1957 French-Japanese-West German romantic drama directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi and Gert Fröbe.
It was shot in Japan in Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Osaka. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Kisaku Itô.
Plot
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working at the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards is in love with a young local woman Noriko Sakurai. However, when he encounters a former lover, the journalist Françoise Fabre he drifts apart from Noriko. Tragedy strikes when a typhoon overwhelms the region.
Cast
- Danielle Darrieux as Françoise Fabre
- Jean Marais as Pierre Marsac
- Keiko Kishi as Noriko Sakurai
- Sō Yamamura as Hori
- Hitomi Nozoe as Saeko Sakurai
- Kumeko Urabe as Fujita
- Gert Fröbe as Ritter
- Shinobu Asaji as Keiko Ritter
References
- "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) at the Films de France
- Parish p.361
Bibliography
- Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
- Typhoon Over Nagasaki at IMDb
- Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) at the Films de France
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- French romantic drama films
- 1950s French-language films
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- Films set in Japan
- Films directed by Yves Ciampi
- 1957 romantic drama films
- French disaster films
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