Etsushi Takahashi

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A melodrama adapted by Yamada Nobuo and Shigemori Takako from Sasazawa Saho’s novel The Lost Woman and directed by Yasuzô Masumura.

Mariko had planned a trip as a couple, but it was cancelled again due to her husband Tetsuya’s work schedule. Feeling dissatisfied with her life with her husband, Mariko goes to Izu by herself and decides to stay at the house of Katsue, who used to work at Mariko’s parents’ house. Mariko meets a young man named Shigeo there. She is puzzled by Shigeo’s willingness to reveal his thoughts and feelings, but Mariko soon finds herself attracted to his honesty. Read More »

Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune), a member of the Imperial Restoration Force, is being asked by the emperor to deliver official news to his home village of a New World Order. Wanting to pose as a military officer, he dons the Red Lion Mane of Office. Upon his return, his attempt to tell the village about a brand-new tax cut is quashed when the townfolk mistakenly assumes that he is there to rescue them from corrupt government officials. He learns that an evil magistrate has been swindling them for years. Now, he has to help the village, ward off Shogunate fanatics, along with the fact that he can’t read his own proclamations…Read More »