is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on

Yōjirō Ishizaka was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan. Education, early career, and family Born at Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University in 1920. Upon ...

's novel of the same name, which was first published in serialised form in 1947.

Plot

After defending Shinko, student at a rural girls' high school, for seeing a young man from the village, teacher Yukiko, who has just been transferred from Tokyo, finds herself in opposition to the conservative faculty and villagers.

Cast

Production and legacy

''Aoi sanmyaku'' was released in two parts, part one on July 19, 1949, part two one week later, and was highly successful both with the audience and the critics. The film's popular theme song theme was sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and Mitsue Nara. Ishizaka's novel was adapted again in 1957, 1975 and 1988.

Reception

The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited this movie as one of his 100 favorite films.

References

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* * * * * {{Tadashi Imai Japanese black-and-white films 1949 films 1949 drama films 1949 romantic drama films Japanese romantic drama films Films directed by Imai Tadashi Films scored by Ryōichi Hattori