is a 1958 Japanese
fantasy film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction f ...
directed by
Eisuke Takizawa. It was entered into the
8th Berlin International Film Festival
The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swe ...
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The screenplay was based on a novel, ''Koya hijiri'' by Kyoka Izumi.
[Galbraith,Stuart (1994). ''Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films''. McFarland and Co., Inc.] The film was in CinemaScope and Eastman Color.
It was not dubbed in English, but was distributed internationally in May 1963 in subtitled format.
Cast
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Yumeji Tsukioka - The Temptress
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Ryoji Hayama - Socho, the Monk
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Tadashi Kobayashi Tadashi (Kanji: 正, 禎, 忠, 荘, 匡史 Hiragana: ただし), Japanese masculine name, may refer to :
*, the first aikido master to live and teach in the west
*, Japanese manga story writer, novelist and screenwriter
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- The Dwarf/husband
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Ichijirô Oya - Grandfather
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Jun Hamamura
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 1995.
Selected filmography
* ''Wolf'' (1955)
* '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956)
* '' The Hole'' (1957)
* ''The Temptress and the Monk'' (1958)
* ''Enjō'' (1958)
* ''Odd Obs ...
- The Criminal
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Akitake Kôno
Akitake (written: 秋武, 昭武 or 明丈) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
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Japanese masculine given names
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Junko Miyazono
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:
*純子, "pure, child"
*順子, "order, child"
*淳子, "pure, child"
*潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
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References
External links
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1958 films
1950s fantasy films
1950s Japanese-language films
Japanese fantasy films
Films directed by Eisuke Takizawa
1950s Japanese films
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