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The Romance of Yushima
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Romance of Yushima
| image = Onna Keizu Yushima no Hakubai poster.jpg
| caption = Japanese movie poster
| director = Teinosuke Kinugasa
| producer = Asata Fujii
| writer = Kyka Izumi (story)
Teinosuke Kinugasa (writer)
Jun Sagara (writer)
| starring =
| music = Ichir Sait
| cinematography = Kimio Watanabe
| editing =
| studio = Daiei Film
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 116 min.
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
( ), aka 'The White Plum of Yushima', is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Plot
A highly esteemed student falls for Otsuta, a geisha.
Remake
A TV remake of the film was broadcast, by Fuji TV as part of Shionogi's sponsored TV theater program, between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June in 1966, starring Fujiko Yamamoto who revived her film leading role as Otsuta.
Cast
* Fujiko Yamamoto
* Kji Tsuruta
* Masayuki Mori
* Sumiko Fujita
* Yasuko Kawakami
* Ryu Mita
* Kikuko Tachibana
References
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