Izu no musumetachi
About Izu no musumetachi
After his wife's death, Bunkichi, owner of the Kikuya diner in Izu, raises two daughters on his own. A friend asks him to lodge a young man, and Bunkichi, who cannot refuse a request, agrees at once. Living under the same roof, the older daughter Shizue, who helps in the shop, comes to care for the lodger, Miyauchi. Not knowing that, Bunkichi starts arranging a marriage for Miyauchi.
Cast & crew
More about Izu no musumetachi
Heinosuke Gosho directed. Tadao Ikeda and Shohei Takei wrote the script. Toshio Ubukata and Toru Nishikawa photographed it. Shochiku released this black-and-white film on 30 August 1945 and calls it the company's first picture to open after the war. It had been planned before the defeat. Shin Saburi plays Miyauchi. Mitsuko Miura plays Shizue. Reikichi Kawamura plays Bunkichi.
Themes
Background
Shochiku opened it on 30 August 1945, fifteen days after Japan's surrender. The project had been set in motion before the defeat.
Look
Toshio Ubukata and Toru Nishikawa were the cinematographers.
Notes
- Michiko Kuwano is in the Shochiku cast with Saburi and Miura.
- The Japanese title is Izu no musumetachi. A Commons title renders it The Young Women of Izu.
- The setting is a popular diner in Izu, not a resort romance plotted around a hot-spring inn.
Scenes
- Bunkichi agrees on the spot to take the young man as a lodger.
- He starts a marriage negotiation for Miyauchi without knowing Shizue loves him.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (伊豆の娘たち - The Young Women of Izu (1945) by Heinosuke Gosho.webm)
