Lost Spring

1967 Japanese film

Noboru Nakamura
Yumie Hiraiwa

Based on

Hana no nagare
by Yumie Hiraiwa

Produced byGin'ichi KishimotoStarring

Michiyo Aratama
Mariko Kaga

CinematographyHiroshi TakemuraEdited byKeiichi UraokaMusic byMasaru Sato

Production
company

Shochiku

Distributed byShochiku

Release date

14 January 1967 (1967-01-14) (Japan)^[1]^[2]

Running time

96 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Lost Spring (惜春, Sekishun) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is based on a radio play by Yumie Hiraiwa, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nakamura.^[4]

Cast

Michiyo Aratama as Fujishiro Shindō
Yoshiko Kayama as Kikuko Shindō
Mariko Kaga as Momoko Shindō
Mikijiro Hira as Jōkichi Katsuma
Mitsuko Mori as Hatsu
Eijirō Tōno as Soga

Awards

1967 Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography (Hiroshi Takemura, also for Portrait of Chieko), Best Sound (Toshio Tanaka, also for Portrait of Chieko) and Best Art Direction (Chiyoo Umeda)^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "惜春". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "惜春". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "惜春". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "惜春". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "毎日映画コンクール第22回（1967年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.