The Long Darkness

The Long Darkness
Original Japanese Poster.
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Produced by	Masayuki Satô Hideyuki Shiino
Written by	Tetsuo Miura(novel)
Screenplay by	Keiji Hasebe Kei Kumai
Starring	Komaki Kurihara
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Cinematography	Kiyomi Kuroda
Edited by	Hiroshi Inoue Mitsuyo Tanji
Release dates	25 May 1972 (1972-05-25)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Long Darkness (忍ぶ川, Shinobu Kawa) is a 1972 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

Komaki Kurihara as Shino
Gô Katô as Tetsuro
Yasushi Nagata as Tetsuro's father
Kaneko Iwasaki as Kayo - short-sighted sister
Kinzô Shin as Shino's father
Hisako Takihana as Tetsuro's mother
Yûsuke Takita as Yukifusa Kimura
Hisashi Igawa as Tetsuro's elder brother
Yasushi Kachi as Fumiya
Karin Yamaguchi as Aya
Kin Sugai as Wellwisher on train
Toshie Kimura as Okami

Awards

27th Mainichi Film Award^[2]

Won: Best Film

References

↑ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
↑ 27　1972年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

External links

The Long Darkness at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Kei Kumai

The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Apart from Life (1970) Shinobu Kawa (1972) Rise, Fair Sun (1973) Sandakan No. 8 (1974) Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (1981) The Sea and Poison (1986) Luminous Moss (1992) Deep River (1995)

Awards

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

1946–1960	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) Ima Hitotabi no (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) Late Spring (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) Repast (1951) Ikiru (1952) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Floating Clouds (1955) Mahiru no ankoku (1956) The Rice People (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Kiku to Isamu (1959) Her Brother (1960)

1961–1980	A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Harakiri (1962) High and Low (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Red Beard (1965) Shiroi Kyotō (1966) Samurai Rebellion (1967) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Double Suicide (1969) Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Silence (1971) The Long Darkness (1972) Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) Castle of Sand (1974) The Fossil (1975) Fumō Chitai (1976) The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) The Incident (1978) Nomugi Pass (1979) Kagemusha (1980)

1981–2000	Muddy River (1981) Fall Guy (1982) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) W's Tragedy (1984) Ran (1985) The Sea and Poison (1986) A Taxing Woman (1987) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Black Rain (1989) Childhood Days (1990) My Sons (1991) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) All Under the Moon (1993) A Dedicated Life (1994) A Last Note (1995) Shall We Dance? (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) Face (2000)

2001–present	Spirited Away (2001) The Twilight Samurai (2002) Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) Blood and Bones (2004) Break Through! (2005) Sway (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) Villain (2010) Postcard (2011) A Terminal Trust (2012) The Great Passage (2013) My Man (2014) Three Stories of Love (2015)

Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film

1927–1940	Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927) A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928) Jobless Samurai (1929) Beheading Place (1930) What Made Her Do It? (1931) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932) I Was Born, But... (1933) Passing Fancy (1934) A Story of Floating Weeds (1935) Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936) Sisters of the Gion (1937) Limitless Advance (1938) Five Scouts (1939) Earth (1940)

1941–1960	Kojima no haru (1941) The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942) The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943) Morning for the Osone Family (1947) A Ball at the Anjo House (1948) Drunken Angel (1949) Late Spring (1950) Until We Meet Again (1951) Early Summer (1952) Ikiru (1953) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954) Twenty-Four Eyes (1955) Floating Clouds (1956) Darkness at Noon (1957) The Rice People (1958) The Ballad of Narayama (1959) Kiku to Isamu (1960)

1961–1980	Her Brother (1961) Bad Boys (1962) Being Two Isn't Easy (1963) The Insect Woman (1964) Woman in the Dunes (1965) Red Beard (1966) The Great White Tower (1967) Samurai Rebellion (1968) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969) Double Suicide (1970) Where Spring Comes Late (1971) The Ceremony (1972) The Long Darkness (1973) Tsugaru Folk Song (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976) The Youth Killer (1977) The Yellow Handkerchief (1978) Third Base (1979) Vengeance Is Mine (1980)

1981–2000	Zigeunerweisen (1981) Muddy River (1982) Fall Guy (1983) The Family Game (1984) The Funeral (1985) And Then (1986) The Sea and Poison (1987) A Taxing Woman (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1989) Black Rain (1990) The Cherry Orchard (1991) My Sons (1992) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993) All Under the Moon (1994) A Dedicated Life (1995) A Last Note (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) The Eel (1998) Fireworks (1998) Wait and See (2000)

2001–present	Face (2001) Go (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004) Nobody Knows (2005) Break Through! (2006) Hula Girls (2007) I Just Didn't Do It (2008) Departures (2009) Dear Doctor (2010) Villain (2011) Postcard (2012) Our Homeland (2013) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014) The Light Shines Only There (2015) Three Stories of Love (2016)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.