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Lovetide
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Wikipedia article
is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Ishir Honda based on the story 'Fukeyo kawakaze' by Hidemi Kon. The film is set in a post-War Tokyo where two of its citizens are lovers who reunite after being separated by the war.
Production
'Lovetide' was director Ishir Honda's follow-up to his film 'Godzilla' and was his first film specifically made for female audiences. The film was made with the studio promoting it as "a gorgeous love melodrama with Toho's best cast, meant for all the women-fans."
The film is based on the story 'Fukeyo kawakaze' by Hidemi Kon. The film's story and cast (specifically Mariko Okada and Chieko Nakakita, the wife of producer Tomoyuki Tanaka) have been described Honda authors Steve Rylfe and Ed Godziszewski as being similar to the film 'Floating Clouds' that was directed by Mikio Naruse and released a few weeks after 'Lovetide'. Tanaka had mentioned that if he had not steered Honda towards predominantly making science fiction films, Honda would have become "a director like Mikio Naruse."
Release
'Lovetide' was distributed theatrically by Toho on 9 January 1955.
See also
* List of Japanese films of 1955
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