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KOJO NO TSUKI
(Moon Over the Ruins)
A SHOCHIKU PICTURE
“ Moon Over the Ruins ” is modelled after the distinguished Japanese composer, Rentaro Taki (1879 — 1903) — a film dramatization of his closing years.
Graduating from Tokyo Academy of Music in 1898, Taki went over to Germany for further study in 1900, returning to Japan the following year on account of illness. He died a few years after his return, at the age of twenty-four. Though death took him very young, he composed during his brief lifetime a number of excellent songs. His Kojo no T su\i and Ha\one Hachi Ri, for example, are still sung to-day with as much feeling and appreciation as ever.
The film play starts from the time Taki, then an instructor at a music conservatory, revisits his native place in the country after a lapse of some years. The house in which he was born has already passed into the hands of ethers, and the scenes of his native village move him deeply. But a friend of his childhood named Miura, who is now a village school teacher, and the latter’s sister Shizud undertake to console him. Between Taki and Shizue there comes into being a pure sort of understanding. O-mitsu, the elder sister of a poor boy on whom he took compassion, also loves him, though secretly. Realizing that his health is none too good, Taki promises to wed Shizue at some future date. One day he goes to a castle, now in a state of ruin ; receives inspiration from it, and composes the song “ Moon Over the Ruins ”, He then departs for Tokyo to complete the orchestral score for it. On the train en route, however, his illness takes a turn for the worse. In a miserable inn, and watched over by Shizue and her brother who arrive upon hearing about his condition, Taki breathes his last.
The picture is agreeable to see with its pure sentiments and contains views of the expanding rural scene. Though somewhat tedious, it is by far the best film made by Director Keisuke Sasaki, who has hitherto turned out no work of merit to speak of. It is performed by a number of new stars including Shuji Sano, Sanae Takasugi and Miveko Takamire
KISAO UCIIIDA
KOJO NO TSUKI
(Moon Over the Ruins)
Produced and distributed by Shdchiku. Story and screen adaptation by Akira Fushimi. Directed by Keisuke Sasaki. Photography, Hiroyuki Nagaoka. Music, Keizo Horiuchi.
CAST
Taki Shuji Sano
Miura Shin Saburi
Shizue Sanae Takasugi
O-Mitsu Miyeko Takamir.e
Ken-chan Masao Ilayama
Miura’s mother .. . .Choko Iida
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