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HANA-KAGO NO UTA (Song of the Flower-Basket)
Produced and distributed by Shochiku. Original story by Fumitaka Iwasaki. Adapted by Heinosuke Gosho. Screen play by Kogo Noda. Director.Heinosukd Gosho. Photography, Hideo Mohara and Masao Saito
G A S T
Keiz6 Reikichi Kawamura
Y6ko, his daughter. . Kinuyo Tanaka
Ono Shdj i Sano
Ri (cook) Shin Tokudaiji
Hotta Chishd Ryti
HANA-KAGO NO UTA
(Song of the Flower-Basket)
A Shochiku Picture
Heinosukd Gosho may be reckoned among the finer movie directors of Japan, being well versed in the metier of the cinema and possessing as he does a good understanding of its entertainment value. I-Ie has made such pictures of outstanding merit as Jinsei no O-nimotsu (The Burden of Human Life), a realistic and ironical delineation of the life of the petite bourgeoisie. His greatest forte, however, lies in the depiction, by dint of a supple touch, of the feelings and customs of old Japan which are still extant to-day, seasoning it with a fine admixture of sentiment and humour.
“ Song of the Flower-Basket ” is also fashioned from material which constitutes his stock in trade. The setting is a ton\atswya, or small restaurant that specializes in pork cutlet, which stands in the rear of the Ginza, Tokyo’s main street. The story centres about the romance between Yoko, the much-talked-about daughter of the proprietor of this restaurant, and a college student named Ono. A number of people including Yoko’s generous father, Ono’s jolly friend Hotta, and a Korean-born cook named Ri revolve around this young romantic pair. The play shows vestiges of the old Yedo atmosphere as well as some slight indications of social trend and change in the midst of Tokyo, where the features of a great modern metropolis are constantly and increasingly taking shape.
Kinuyo Tanaka, who plays the part of Yoko, is an actress who is perhaps without a peer in Japan at the present moment as a portrayer of typically Japanese maiden roles. She is as lovely as ever in this picture, bringing out as she does the coquettish qualities of a chic daughter of the down-town mercantile class most charmingly, while Shuji Sano as the leading man Ono gives a good impression. Of the supporting cast, special mention should be made of the splendid performance as a character actor which is given by Chishu Ryu in playing the part of Hotta, the young man who even acts as a Buddhist preacher while attending college.
KISAO UC-HIDA
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