Shunkinshō (film)

Shunkinsho
Directed by Katsumi Nishikawa
Written by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Katsumi Nishikawa
Starring Momoe Yamaguchi,
Tomokazu Miura
Music by Masaru Sato
Release date(s) 1976
Running time 97 min.
Language Japanese

Shunkinsho, or A portrait of Shunkin (Japanese title: 春琴抄) is a film based on a short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎). It stars Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura. It was made in 1976. The director was Katsumi Nishikawa. It is one of a series of filmed love stories made starring Miura and Yamaguchi, who eventually married in real life.

Plot summary

Set in 19th-century Osaka, the film tells the story of a love affair between Sasuke (Miura) and blind koto teacher Shunkin (Yamaguchi), who lost her sight at the age of nine.

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