The Romance of Yushima

The Romance of Yushima (婦系図 湯島の白梅, Onna Keizu Yushima no Shiraume) (おんなけいず ゆしまのしらうめ), aka The White Plum of Yushima, is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.[2][3]

The Romance of Yushima
Japanese movie poster
Directed byTeinosuke Kinugasa
Produced byAsata Fujii
Written byKyōka Izumi (story)
Teinosuke Kinugasa (writer)
Jun Sagara (writer)
Music byIchirō Saitō
CinematographyKimio Watanabe
Production
company
Release date
  • 28 September 1955 (1955-09-28) (Japan)[1]
Running time
116 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot summary

A highly esteemed student falls for Otsuta, a geisha.

Production Notes

A TV remake of the film was broadcast, by Fuji TV as part of Shionogi's sponsored TV theater program, between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June in 1966, starring Fujiko Yamamoto who revived her film leading role as Otsuta.

There is a different spelling Onna Keizu: Yushima no shiraume in IMDb[4] database and Film Database has spelling YUSHIMA NO SHIRAUME.[5]

Cast

References

  1. (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1955/ce003420.htm accessed 13 January 2009
  2. "Teinosuke Kinugasa". kotobank. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. "婦系図 湯島の白梅". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048824/ accessed 14 January 2009
  5. http://www.citwf.com/film393914.htm accessed 14 January 2009


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