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Drama
1984
2 hours and 25 minutes
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
Original title:
序の舞
Release:
January 14, 1984
Original language:
Japanese
Production country:
Japan
Producer company:
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Cast
Yûko Natori
Tsuya Shimamura
Tsuya Shimamura
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Morio Kazama
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Kunihiko Mitamura
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Aki Mizusawa
Shima Shimamura
Shima Shimamura
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Mariko Okada
Sei Shimamura
Sei Shimamura
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Mieko Takamine
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Yoshiko Mita
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Ayako Kobayashi
Sei as a girl
Sei as a girl
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Shirō Ōsaka
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Kōjirō Kusanagi
Sei's uncle
Sei's uncle
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Kin Sugai
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Junkichi Orimoto
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Tomiko Ishii
Midwife
Midwife
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Shingo Misawa
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Eizô Kitamura
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Takashi Ebata
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Takashi Noguchi
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Ryoichi Kusanagi
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Ken'ichi Nagira
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Yoshiro Ichikawa
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Tokuko Miura
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Naoji Iwata
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Mineko Maruhira
Neighborhood lady
Neighborhood lady
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Kojin Tokuda
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Masaharu Arikawa
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Kojirō Kawanami
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Kōjiro Shirakawa
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Yoshihiro Igarashi
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Gorō Ōki
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Michiko Tsujima
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Tsuyako Okajima
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Mitsue Wakabayashi
Sei's grandmother
Sei's grandmother
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Kayoko Tominaga
Kura Shimamura
Kura Shimamura
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Mieko Hoshino
Neighborhood lady
Neighborhood lady
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Aki Sawa
Neighborhood lady
Neighborhood lady
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Mayumi Tokunaga
Neighborhood lady
Neighborhood lady
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Tankurô
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Junichi Hosokawa
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Mayumi Eda
Waitress
Waitress
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Katsuko Ōkawa
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Keiko Nanase
Girl
Girl
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Yuka Monma
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Hiroshi Tanaka
Postman
Postman
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Momiji Yamamura
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Yoshiki Yamada
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Shintarō Mibu
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Shunji Kotani
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Rantaro Mine
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Michihiro Kinoshita
Rickshaw man
Rickshaw man
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Yasushi Amaeda
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Makoto Asai
Rickshaw man
Rickshaw man
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Hiroyuki Sugaya
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Sozaburo Yoshimi
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Kozo Kotani
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Etsuko Ichihara
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
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Mikio Narita
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Kei Satō
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