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A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women
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Wikipedia article
, also titled 'Shozo, a Cat, and Two Women', is a 1956 Japanese comedy film directed by Shir Toyoda. It is based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1936 novella 'A Cat, a Man, and Two Women'.
Plot
Kitchenware salesman Shz shows more affection for his cat Lily than for the people around him. When his disgruntled wife Shinako moves out, his mother Orin, who never got along with her daughter-in-law, encourages him to marry Fukuko, the young daughter of Shz's wealthy uncle Nakajima. Fukuko is soon enervated by her future husband's obsessive love for his cat. Shinako talks Fukuko into giving Lily to her, speculating that the couple will fall out with each other over the cat's absence, and that Shz will eventually take Shinako back. Although Shz and Fukuka do separate after repeated quarrels, he refuses to re-unite with Shinako. Thrown out of his home by Fukuko, whose father paid the mortgage for the house, he walks along the rainy beach, his cat in his arms.
Cast
* Hisaya Morishige as Shz
* Isuzu Yamada as Shinako
* Kyko Kagawa as Fukuko
* Chieko Naniwa as Orin, Shz's mother
* Juro Hayashida as Nakajima
* Ashinoya Gangyoku as Kinoshita
* Ky Sazanka as Soeyama
* Haruo Tanaka as Hagimura
* Michiyo Tamaki as Tamiko
* Yuko Minami as Hatsuko
* Katsue Miyakoya as Matsu
Reception
In his 1959 compendium 'The Japanese Film Art and Industry', film historian Donald Richie called 'A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women' "warm, moving, and awfully funny, a winning combination of comedy and impeccable taste".
Awards
Isuzu Yamada received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress, the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress. Mitsuo Miura was awarded the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Cinematography.
References
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