Himiko (film)
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Himiko is a 1974 Japanese drama film
directed by Masahiro Shinoda
. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival
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Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Masahiro Shinoda
is a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s.-Career:...
. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival
1974 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*René Clair *Jean-Loup Dabadie *Kenne Fant *Félix Labisse *Irwin Shaw *Michel Soutter *Monica Vitti *Alexander Walker *Rostislav Yurenev -Feature film competition:...
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Cast
- Shima Iwashita - Himiko
- Masao Kusakari - Takehiko
- Rentaro Mikuni - Nashime
- Rie Yokoyama - Adahime
- Jun Hamamura - Narrator
- Tatsumi HijikataTatsumi Hijikatawas a Japanese choreographer, and the founder of a genre of dance performance art called Butoh. By the late 1960s, he had begun to develop this dance form, which is highly choreographed with stylized gestures drawn from his childhood memories of his northern Japan home...
- Dancer - Yoshi KatoYoshi KatoYoshi Kato was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1950 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Rice People * Zero Focus * Immortal Love...
- Ohkimi - Choichiro Kawarazaki - Mimaki
- Kenzo Kawarazaki - Ikume