Akitsu Springs

Akitsu Springs
Original Japanese Poster.
Directed by	Yoshishige Yoshida
Produced by	Masao Shirai
Written by	Shinji Fujiwara (novel) Yoshishige Yoshida (screenplay)
Starring	Mariko Okada Hiroyuki Nagato
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi
Cinematography	Toichiro Narushima
Edited by	Yoshi Sugihara
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release dates	June 15, 1962 (Japan)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Akitsu Springs (秋津温泉 Akitsu Onsen) is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato.

Plot

The film is set at the Akitsu health spa. Just after World War II, Shusaku Kawamoto (Hiroyuki Nagato) who is suffering from tuberculosis, has come to Akitsu to die. One young girl, Shinko (Mariko Okada), refuses to let him and invigorates him on the slow path to recovery. They fall in love, and in one of his darker moments, Shusaku asks Shinko to join him in double suicide. She accepts his love but not ready to die. Neither, it transpires, is Shusaku, and slowly they part. Time passes, Shinko finds out that Shusaku is married with a child, and he seems to have no interest in her any more.

Cast

• Mariko Okada as Shinko
• Hiroyuki Nagato as Shusaku Kawamoto
• So Yamamura as Mikami
• Jukichi Uno as Kenkichi Matsumiya

Awards

• 1962: 36th Kinema Junpo Awards - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Mariko Okada ^[1]
• 1962: 17th Mainichi Film Award - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Mariko Okada ^[2]

References

1. 1962年 キネマ旬報賞 (in Japanese). MovieWalker at Walkerplus.com. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
2. 切腹 第17回(1962年度)毎日映画コンクール（日本映画大賞）受賞 (in Japanese). Mainichi Film Awards. Retrieved 30 January 2009.

External links

• Akitsu Springs at the Internet Movie Database
• Akitsu Springs at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)