Sound of the Mountain
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is a 1954 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse
starring Setsuko Hara
, So Yamamura, Ken Uehara
, Yatsuko Tanami. It is based on the novel The Sound of the Mountain
by Nobel-Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata.
Mikio Naruse
was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook...
starring Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
is a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the 'Noriko Trilogy': Late Spring , Early Summer and Tokyo Story . Her other films for Ozu were Tokyo Twilight , Late Autumn and finally The End of Summer in 1961.She was born 会田 昌江 Masae Aida in...
, So Yamamura, Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He starred in Entotsu no mieru basho, which was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.His son is the singer and actor Yūzō Kayama.-Selected filmography:...
, Yatsuko Tanami. It is based on the novel The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, serialized between 1949 and 1954. Its translation into English by Edward G. Seidensticker was first published in 1970, earning Seidensticker the National Book Award for Translation the following year...
by Nobel-Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata.