Kitakami yakyoku

Kitakami yakyoku

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 22, 1961

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Romance, Drama

Original Title

北上夜曲

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Director

Yoshitsugu Nakajima

Description

Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...