The Chieko Story

Overview

Adapted from a poem, which was composed by poet and sculptor Kotaro Takamura, Chieko-Sho is the story of the artist's wife Chieko. The poet meets a woman, who also as an artist illustrates, one day. They marry and have a good life spending many years together. One day, however, she loses her mind and has to be confined to a hospital. The poetry was some of star Hara Setsuko's favourite even before her involvement in the film.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 29, 1957

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO

Cast

Keiko Môri,Michiko Tsuyama,Natsuko Kahara,Chieko Nakakita,Haruo Nakajima,Masafumi Takechi,Eiko Miyoshi,Yoshio Tsuchiya,Ken Mitsuda,Setsuko Haraand 7 more

Director

Hisatora Kumagai

Writer

Toshio Yasumi

Cinematography

Jōji Ohara

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0321655