Tokyo Elegy

Overview

In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged promises of marriage. Ryuji was deployed shortly thereafter, and after the war ended, he was taken to Siberia as a prisoner of war. Atsuko, who had returned to Tokyo, clung to the promise she had made with Ryuji—that if he were safe, he would “come to the garden of St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day.” Relying on that promise, she went to St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day in both 1946 and 1947, but Ryuji never appeared.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 28, 1951

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Jun Usami,Masayuki Mori,Akiko Sawamura,Kazuko Fushimi,Bontarō Miake,Sayoko Kasumi,Kansho Yoshii,Kumeko Urabe,Hisako Takihana,Ken Yamaguchiand 17 more

Director

Shigeo Tanaka

Writer

Kaneto Shindō

Cinematography

Shigeyoshi Mine

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt9223684