Appassionata

Synopsis

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

Main Cast

Yûko Natori

Tsuya Shimamura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Morio Kazama

Age : N/A | Popularity : 38%

Kunihiko Mitamura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aki Mizusawa

Shima Shimamura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 19%

Mariko Okada

Sei Shimamura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Mieko Takamine

Age : 71 | Popularity : 6%

Yoshiko Mita

Age : 82 | Popularity : 5%

Ayako Kobayashi

Sei as a girl

Age : 51 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Sadao Nakajima
	Assistant Director	Akira Shimizu
Writing	Original Story	Tomiko Miyao
	Screenplay	Hiro Matsuda
Sound	Sound Recordist	Hideto Kuriyama
	Sound Mixer	Teruhiko Arakawa
	Original Music Composer	Toshirō Mayuzumi
Art	Art Direction	Norimichi Igawa Yoshikazu Sano
Camera	Director of Photography	Fujio Morita
Editing	Editor	Isamu Ichida
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Yoshiaki Masuda
Department	Role	Name

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