Takekurabe (1955 film)
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, English titles include: Adolescence, Growing Up Twice, Growing Up, and Child's Play, is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film
directed by Heinosuke Gosho
.
It is a film adaptation of Higuchi Ichiyō
's 1895-1896 novel Takekurabe
.
Production design was made by Kazuo Kubo, sound recordist was Michio Okazaki and lighting technician
was Susumu Irie.
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho
was a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.- Selected filmography :* Aiyoku no ki...
.
It is a film adaptation of Higuchi Ichiyō
Higuchi Ichiyo
is the pen name of Japanese author , also known as .Higuchi was born in Meiji era Tokyo of samurai lineage. In the space of her short life, she moved a total of 12 times. Upon reaching the age of 14, she entered the Haginoya, a poetry school and received a classical education; at the age of 15,...
's 1895-1896 novel Takekurabe
Takekurabe
, translated by Edward Seidensticker as Growing Up and by Robert Danly as Child's Play, is a Japanese novella written by Higuchi Ichiyō in 1895-96....
.
Production design was made by Kazuo Kubo, sound recordist was Michio Okazaki and lighting technician
Lighting technician
Lighting technicians are involved with rigging and controlling electric lights for art and entertainment venues or in video, television, or film production. In a theater production, lighting technicians work under the lighting designer and master electrician...
was Susumu Irie.
Cast
- Hibari MisoraHibari Misorawas an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress. and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's Honour Award, which was awarded posthumously for her notable contributions to the music industry. Misora recorded 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand...
- Keiko Kishi
- Shogoro Ichikawa
- Atsuko Ichinomiya
- Chouko Iida
- Takashi Kitahara
- Kurayoshi Nakamura
- Kyū SakamotoKyu Sakamotowas a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside of Japan for his international hit song "Sukiyaki", which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies...
- Takamaru Sasaki
- Isuzu YamadaIsuzu Yamadais a Japanese actress on stage and screen whose career has spanned eight decades.-Career:Yamada was born in Osaka with the name Mitsu Yamada. Her father, Kusuo Yamada, was a shinpa stage actor specializing in onnagata roles and her mother, Ritsu, was a geisha...
- Isuzu Yamada won Blue Ribbon AwardsBlue Ribbon AwardsThe are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...
for Best Supporting Actress in Takekurabe in 1956. - Mitsuko YoshikawaMitsuko Yoshikawa- Filmography :She played in 261 films:* * Takekurabe , English titles include: Adolescence aka Growing Up Twice aka Growing Up aka Child's Play *...
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048689/