Untamed a.k.a. Untamed Woman (あらくれ, Arakure) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Shūsei Tokuda.[1][2][3]
| Untamed | |
|---|---|
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| Kanji | あらくれ |
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Written by | Yōko Mizuki |
| Based on | Rough Living (Arakure) 1915 novel by Shūsei Tokuda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | Hideko Takamine |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Edited by | Eiji Ooi |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 121 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot summary
editA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Cast
edit- Hideko Takamine as Ōshima
- Ken Uehara as Tsuru
- Masayuki Mori as Hamaya
- Daisuke Katō as Onoda
- Eijirō Tōno as Ōshima's father
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Sotaro
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura
- Teruko Kishi as Ōshima's mother
- Chieko Nakakita as Osuzu
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Kisuke
- Takashi Shimura as owner of the rice mill
- Mitsuko Miura as Oyuri
- Natsuko Kahara as Otoku
Reception
editDonald Richie and Joseph L. Anderson found in protagonist Ōshima "one of the strongest characters Naruse ever created", but also an out-of-place "postwar strain of neuroticism" in Hideko Takamine's interpretation.[4]
Awards
edit- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress Hideko Takamine (for Untamed and Times of Joy and Sorrow)[5]
Background
editUntamed was Japan's submission to the 30th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "あらくれ (Untamed)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "あらくれ (Untamed)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6004-9.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
- ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第12回（1957年）" (in Japanese). Mainichi. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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