Passion Fire

Overview

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 10, 1952

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Minoru Ōki,Kodayu Ichikawa,So Yamamura,Hiroshi Aoyama,Hizuru Takachiho,Joji Kaieda,Mitsuo Nagata,Eiichi Nozawa,Kunitaro Sawamura,Masao Wakaharaand 5 more

Director

Hideo Ōba

Writer

相良準三,Hyōgo Suzuki,Takao Yanai

Producer

高木貢一

Cinematography

Haruo Takeno

Music

Hiroshi Yoshizawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt20316866