Women Make Waves International Film Festival

  • Home
  • Film Archive
  • Love Under the Crucifix

    • Program

    Love Under the Crucifix

    TANAKA Kinuyo 1962 Japan color 102min Japanese DCP
    For her sixth and final directorial work, TANAKA embarked on making a period drama, a genre considered challenging to seasoned filmmakers. Set in 16th-century Japan, this doomed romance follows two lovers—the daughter of a famous tea master and a married Christian samurai—come to ruin for their forbidden mutual attraction. Though distributed by Shochiku, the film was produced independently by Ninjin Kurabu ("The Carrot Club"), a film company founded by actresses KUGA Yoshiko, KISHI Keiko, and ARIMA Ineko, who sought to enable better working conditions for actors within the studio system.

    Director

    TANAKA Kinuyo

    The formidable acting career of TANAKA Kinuyo has long overshadowed her pioneering status as a filmmaker. Between 1953 and 1962, she directed six feature films, tackling unexplored topics such as breast cancer and women's sexuality. As an actress and a filmmaker, TANAKA's works embody the cultural changes of Japanese society and examine the intersections between women’s authorship and gender discourses in modern Japan.

    TANAKA Kinuyo

    1953 Love Letter 
    1955 The Moon Has Risen 
    1955 Forever a Woman 
    1960 The Wandering Princess 
    1961 Girl of the Night
    1962 Love Under the Crucifix 

    Director: TANAKA Kinuyo
    Screenwriter: KON Toko, NARUSAWA Masashige
    Producer: TSUKIMORI Sennosuke, WAKATSUKI Shigeru, NAGASHIMA Hisako
    Associate Producer: NAKAJIMA Masayuki
    Assistant Producer: SHIMADA Akihiko
    Cinematographer: MIYAJIMA Yoshio
    Editor: SAGARA Hisashi
    Art Director: OOSUMI Junpei
    Sound: FUKUYASU Masahiro, HIGUCHI Yasuji
    Music: HAYASHI Hikaru
    Set Decoration: YAMASHITA Hidemasa
    Costume Designer: NAGANO Kiyoko
     

    FURUKAWA Mami
    NIKKATSU Corporation
    m.furukawa@nikkatsu.co.jp

    回上頁