is a 1954 black-and-white

Japanese film The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...

directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. The film is based on

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal an ...

's 1926 short story ''

The Dancing Girl of Izu is a novel by Japanese writer and Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata first published in 1926. Plot The narrator, a twenty-year-old student from Tokyo, travels the Izu Peninsula during the last days of the summer holidays, a journey which h ...

''. A previous adaptation of the same title had been directed by

Heinosuke Gosho was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed Japan's first sound film, '' The Neighbor's Wife and Mine'', in 1931. His films are mostly associated with the shomin-geki (lit. "common people drama") genre. Among his most noted works ...

in 1933.

Cast

Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posthu ...

* Akira Ishihama * Azusa Yumi * Akihiko Katayama * Keiko Yukishiro *

Shinichi Himori , born , was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1925 to 1959. Career Born in Tokyo, Himori entered the Shochiku studios in 1924 and, after starting out in side roles, became a leading player, particularly speciali ...

* Yoshie Minami * Kappei Matsumoto * Jun Tatara *

Mutsuko Sakura was a Japanese actress. Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of Yasujirō Ozu's films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half of the 20th century. Selected filmograp ...

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* * * Japanese black-and-white films 1954 films Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Yasunari Kawabata Films directed by Yoshitaro Nomura Shochiku films Japanese romantic drama films 1954 romantic drama films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub