“The Tragedy of Saipan Island” - the name given to the film at the USSR box office (in the original - “The Last Women” , ( Japanese 最後 の 女 達 , Saigo-no onna tati . The Last Women ) - Japanese black and white drama directed by Kiyoshi Kusuda according to the story of Yoshitaro Sinotsuka, which was released in 1954 .
| The tragedy of Saipan | |
|---|---|
| in the original - “Last Women” Japanese 最後 の 女 達 ( saigo no onna tati ) | |
| Genre | movie drama |
| Producer | Kiyoshi Kusuda |
| Producer | Kazuo Wakayama , Kanjiro Sato |
| Author script | Tsutomu Kitamura |
| In the main cast | Akitake Kono Harue Tone , Akira Yamanouchi |
| Operator | Hanjiro Nakazawa |
| Film company | Soey Pro (rental - SinToho) |
| Duration | 80 min |
| A country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Year | 1954 |
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Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Premieres
- 4 Comments
- 5 notes
- 6 References
- 7 Literature
Story
In June 1944, the landing of American troops on the island of Saipan began. All men, including civilians, were thrown into battle, women and children took refuge in caves. An employee of one company, Makimura, injured, takes refuge in a cave where his wife Atsuko was already. Here he learns that sergeant-major Harashima raped Atsuko. Anger and hatred seemed to freeze the soul of Makimura, he becomes like a wild beast. But when a ship’s artillery shell hurts Harashima, whom he hates, Makimura forces his wife to look after him. The situation of the Japanese army becomes desperate, the Japanese are pushed to the northern tip of the island and die one after another. Makimura is trying to master the power of the girl he met on the battlefield, but her beauty strikes Makimura, and humanity returns to him again. July 7 comes the order that everyone should die so as not to be captured by the enemy. Women and children rush into the sea from Cape Mappi. The next day, the remaining men go to the last battle.
Cast
- Akitake Kono - Makimura
- Harue Tone - Atsuko
- Akira Yamanouchi - Harashima
Premieres
- - The national premiere of the film took place on November 22, 1954 [1] .
- - the film was shown at the Soviet film distribution since February 1957 [comm. 1] .
Comments
- ↑ The film was shown at the Soviet box office from February 1957 - A list of foreign films at the box office of the USSR from 1955 to 1991. at the forum of the cinema club "Phoenix" (Russian)
Notes
- ↑ 最後 の 女 達 (1954) on allcinema.net (Japanese)
Links
- 最後 の 女 達 (1954) on allcinema.net (Japanese)
- “The Tragedy of Saipan Island” by Kiyoshi Kusuda review from retsenzii.ru (in Russian)
Literature
- * Iwasaki, Akira , "Contemporary Japanese Cinema", 1958, (Russian translation of 1962, Translators: Vladimir Grivnin, L. Levin), - M .: Art, 1962, pp. 163-164.