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The Girl in the Rumor
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Wikipedia article
'The Girl in the Rumor' is a 1935 Japanese drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse and one of the director's earliest sound films. Film historian Donald Richie describes 'The Girl in the Rumor' as "a triumph of technique over old-fashioned material" and "opposed to the melodramatics of the period".
Plot
The film opens with a conversation between a barber and his customer about the Nadaya food store across the street which, in their words, is "going downhill" since the former owner Keisaku retired and his son Kenkichi took over. Keisaku starts drinking the store's sake already early in the day, complaining that the sake's quality is decreasing lately. While Kenkichi's more modern daughter Kimiko lives a life of ease, the more traditional Kunie is working in her father's store. The sisters' uncle arranges an omiai between Kunie and Shintaro, son of a wealthy family, which Kenkichi is against as he himself was forced into an arranged and unhappy marriage. Now that his wife has died, Kenkichi offers his mistress Oyo to move into their house, a plan endorsed by Kunie but opposed by Kimiko. After the meeting between the marriage prospects, Shintaro shows more interest in Kimiko. When Kunie finds out that Kimiko is dating Shintaro, her sister confesses her deed in the most insensitive way, leaving Kunie in grief. Kenkichi finally arranges a meeting between Kimiko and Oyo in his house, explaining that Oyo is her real mother and that he and his wife brought her up as their second daughter. Kimiko refuses to accept the truth and makes preparations to leave the house. At this moment the police arrive and ask Kenkichi to follow them to the station for an interrogation, as he had cut the sake sold in his store. In the barber shop, the barber and a customer shrug off the Nadaya's fate, joking what kind of store will open in its place.
Cast
* Sachiko Chiba as Kunie
* Ryuko Umezono as Kimiko
* K Mihashi as Kenkichi, the father
* Y Shiomi as Keisaku, the grandfather
* Kamatari Fujiwara as the uncle
* Toshiko It as Oyo
* Heihachir kawa as Shintaro
* Masao Mishima as the barber
References
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