Immortal Love

Immortal Love
Theatrical release poster
Kanji永遠の人
Directed byKeisuke Kinoshita
Written byKeisuke Kinoshita
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHiroshi Kusuda
Edited byYoshi Sugihara
Music byChūji Kinoshita
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • September 16, 1961 (1961-09-16)
[1]
Running time
107 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Immortal Love a.k.a. Bitter Spirit (Japanese: 永遠の人, romanized: Eien no Hito, lit. 'The eternal Person') is a 1961 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.[3] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4] Masakazu Tamura made his official debut in the film.[5]

Plot

Over a time span of 30 years, the film tells the story of Sadako, who is pressured into a marriage with Heibei, the crippled war veteran son of the local landlord, although she loves Takashi, a young man from the same village. Takashi later marries Tomoko, but neither he nor Sadako can forget their past mutual affection.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "Immortal Love at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Immortal Love at Shochiku Films". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Immortal Love" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  5. ^ 日本映画人名事典 (Encyclopedia of Japanese Film Actors). Kinemajunposha. 1996. p. 150-151. ISBN 978-4-8737-6189-3.


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