“Blue Mountains” (in other translations: “The Blue Mountain Range” ; “The Blue Mountain Chain” [comm. 1] ; Japanese 青 я 山脈 : aoi sanmyaku ; English The Green Mountains ) - Japanese black and white drama film in two parts staged by director Tadashi Imai in 1949 . A film adaptation of the 1947 novel by the writer .
| Blue Mountains | |
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| Jap. 青 い а ( aoi sanmyaku ) | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Tadashi Imai |
| Producer | Sanzumi Fujimoto |
| Author script | Toshiro Ide |
| In the main cast | Setsuko Hara , Ryo Ikebe Mitiyo Kogure |
| Operator | Asakazu Nakai |
| Composer | Reichi hattori |
| Film company | Fujimoto Productions Hire - Toho |
| Duration | 92 minutes (1 part) 91 minutes (2 part) |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Year | 1949 |
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Story
Yukiko Shimazaki, an English teacher at a female gymnasium in a small port town where she had just recently moved from Tokyo, is in the middle of a debate and defends her vision of school order by speaking out against influential people in this community.
This whole story spun after a fake letter to one of the 5th grade schoolgirls named Shinko Terazawa. In a letter allegedly sent to her from a young man, an appointment is made. But Cinco is sure that the letter was written to her by her classmates, out of jealousy and hatred, and with the aim of mocking her. Therefore, Cinco showed this letter to her teacher, asking her for advice and protection.
Yukiko Shimazaki decisively defends the student and tries to discuss this problem with her class at one of the lessons. However, unexpectedly, classmates of Cinco perceive the teacher’s moralizing with hostility, trying to justify the old ideas about their love for school, and declare a boycott for the teacher. The conversation of the teacher with the director and other teachers also did not lead to the desired result, because they adhere to conservative views and do not want any changes in the outdated educational system. At the school council, it was decided to raise this issue at the gymnasium council with representatives from both the city administration and the parent committee. The city authorities, whose children became participants in the conflict with the teacher, are connected to this whole story. However, the teacher also found someone to support. A school doctor Numata, who is in love with her, rises to her defense and is well prepared for the school gymnasium council scheduled at school, on the agenda of which the question of trust in the teacher has been raised. Together with Rokuske (the very guy with whom Cinco’s student is actually in love) and his friend Tominaga, he is trying to ensure that the gymnasium council expresses confidence in the teacher.
However, Rokuske and Cinco, due to the stubbornness of some citizens and the same influential city officials, remain incomprehensible. But after one of the students named Asako, the instigator of everything that happened, the one who wrote the fake letter, confesses, confesses everything and even apologizes to Shinko, everything will be safely resolved. And doctor Numata finally confesses her love for Yukiko and asks for her hand.
After the defeat of 1945, the theme of love between a man and a woman as equal members of society became a part of the general process of democratization in the cinema. One of the most sensational films on this subject is Blue Mountains ( aoi sanmyaku , 1949). In this picture, the teacher and her students tried to convince the conservative representatives of the top of the provincial city that love is beautiful, healthy, and worthy of respect.
Cast
- Setsuko Hara - Yukiko Shimazaki
- Ryo Ikebe - Rokuske Kaneya
- Mitiyo Kogure - Umetharo
- Yoko Sugi - Shinko Terazawa
- Ichiro Ryuzaki - Tamao Numata
- Setsuko Wakayama - Kazuko Sasai
Premieres
- - The national premiere of the first part of the film in Japan took place on July 19, 1949 [2] .
- - The national premiere of the second part of the film in Japan took place on July 26, 1949 [3] .
Awards and nominations
The Mainity Film Award (1950) [4]
- Award to the best actress - Setsuko Hara (for roles in three films: “Blue Mountains”, “ Late Spring ” and “ For the Health of Young Ladies ”)
- Supporting Actress Award - Mitiyo Kogure
- Award for Best Cinematography - Asakazu Nakai (in two films: Blue Mountains and Homeless Dog )
Kinem Jumpo Magazine Award (1954)
- Nomination for an award for the best film of 1949, according to the results of voting took 2nd place [5] .
About the movie
Initially, two film companies (" Toho " and " Shёtiku ") disputed the rights to the film adaptation of this once-popular novel, Yojiro Ishizaki. In "Shёtiku", the director was to become Keisuke Kinoshita . But the rights went to the Toho film company. The shooting took place just at the time when the famous Toho film strike began in the Toho film company. Filming work on the film during the strike was suspended. Producer Sanedzumi Fujimoto took advantage of the situation to finish the film at the Fujimoto Productions film company he founded, but the rental rights had to be ceded to Toho later. The film was an extraordinary success, after which there was not a trace of the hostile attitude that Tadashi Imai had paid for a long time before, and his position as a director was firmly established. Rejoiced at the success of the film, the owners of Toho immediately changed their attitude towards the director, but despite the attempts of entrepreneurs to keep him, he left the studio with his friends and took part in the creation of the new independent film company Shinsei Eigasya, where he will make his famous film “ But still we live! "(1951) [6] .
Other film adaptations of this novel by Yojiro Ishizaki
- “ Blue Mountains ” (two-part film) ( 1957 ) - filmed in the same Toho company by director Xue Matsubayashi . The role of teacher Yukiko Shimazaki was then performed by a beginner, and subsequently popular actress Yoko Tsukasa .
- Blue Mountains ( 1963 ) - filmed at the Nikkatsu film company by director Katsumi Nishikawa . In the role of Cinco Teradzawa, a popular young 1960s star Sayuri Yoshinaga .
- Blue Mountains ( 1975 ) - filmed again in Toho by director Yoshisuke Kawasaki. In the role of teacher Yukiko Shimazaki - Ryoko Nakano. The role of schoolgirl Cinco was performed by Nagisa Katahira.
- Blue Mountains '88 ”( 1988 ) - The 1988 version was shot at the Shiku movie company by director Koichi Saito . In the role of teacher Yukiko Shimazaki - Yoshie Kashiwabara. The role of Cinco was played by Yuuki Kudo.
Comments
- ↑ “Blue Mountains” - in this Russian translation of the name, the film appeared on the Internet on torrent trackers. The Blue Mountain Range is a name used in Russian cinema science, including in such authoritative encyclopedic publications as The Cinematic Dictionary (Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986-1987. - P. 150) and Director's Encyclopedia: Asian Cinema , Africa, Australia, Latin America ”(Scientific Research Institute of Cinema, Vetrova T.N. (editor-in-chief), Mainland –M., 2001, pp. 44-45). Under the name "Blue Mountain Chain", the film is mentioned in the Russian translation of the book by Japanese critic and film historian Akira Iwasaki, "Modern Japanese Cinema" (1958 / Russian translation 1962, Translators: Vladimir Grivnin, L. Levin), - M .: Art, 1962. S. 144, 156-157, 265-268, 455).
Notes
- ↑ Sato, Tadao . "Cinema of Japan", 1961 (translation from English 1988, Translators: T. A. Rotenberg, A. G. Fesyun). - M.: “Rainbow”, 1988, p. 45.
- ↑ Aoi sanmyaku (1949) on IMDb-Release Info
- ↑ Zoku aoi sanmyaku (1949) on IMDb-Release Info
- ↑ Aoi sanmyaku (1949) on IMDb-Awards
- ↑ Kinema Junpo Top YBY on Rinkworks.com
- ↑ Iwasaki, Akira . “History of Japanese Cinema”, 1961 (translation from Japanese 1966, Translators: Vladimir Grivnin, L. Levin and B. Raskin). - M.: Art, 1966, S.168-169.
Links
- Blue Mountains on the Internet Movie Database