Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)

Romance
Drama

Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.

Cast

Shinko
Mariko Okada
Hiroyuki Nagato
Geisha A
Toyo Takahashi
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Masako Nakamura
Shigeru Kōyama
Asao Koike
Akira Nagoya
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kō Nishimura
Soldier A
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Sō Yamamura
Soldier C
Kei Taguchi
M Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Takanobu Hozumi
I Imari Tsuji
Geisha B
Kakuko Chino
K Kyoko Aoi
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
K Kaoru Natsukawa
Geisha D
M Momoko Okano
Geisha E
M Mika Fujino
Jūkichi Uno
T Tamotsu Tamura
S Seigo Fukuoka
F Fumio Tooyama
A Akio Miyajima
Soldier B
Y Yûji Takasugi
Boy
M Masatoshi Yoshida
M Misae Tobe
K Kayoko Terada
Eijirō Tōno
Fukuko Sayo
Sumiko Hidaka
Teruo Yoshida
Mari Yoshimura
Geisha C
Mutsuko Sakura

Crew

Director
Yoshishige Yoshida
Executive Producer
M Masao Shirai
Original Story
Shinji Fujiwara
Screenplay
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director of Photography
T Tōichirō Narushima
Art Direction
T Tatsuo Hamada
Original Music Composer
Hikaru Hayashi
Lighting Technician
A Akio Tamura
Editor
Y Yoshi Sugihara
Costume Design
Mariko Okada
Sound Recordist
S Shotaro Yoshida
Producer
Mariko Okada