Izumi Kyōka

The modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken princess, and a pact that can't be broken. Conflicts between faith and skepticism, and between social obligation and personal desire drive the narrative toward a dramatic conclusion where the worlds of the real and the surreal inevitabl

A young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a crime punishable by death, but escapes with his life. He is forced to return to the castle by the dying light, but the mistress has become fascinated with him...

Melodrama about a woman refusing surgery.

Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.

A young priest is on a personal pilgrimage for enlightenment through the snow covered trails of Mt. Koya in Wakayama prefecture, Japan. He is headed towards one of the many sacred gates/temples that are there. Misdirected by a local postman, the priest is sent straying off of the main road and onto the back roads which lead to a small secluded cottage. There he meets a beautiful but bewitching woman whose raw sexuality seems utterly impossible to resist. The woman subjects the priest to numerous carnal temptations in the hopes of breaking his sacred vows of celibacy. Over the next days, the priest's will is put to the test until eventually it breaks. His faith shattered, the priest goes mad when he discovers that the temptress that seduced him was the tortured spirit of a young woman who died horrifically with her lover in the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack.

1920년대 다이쇼 시대의 일본. 극작가인 마쓰사키는 우연히 신비로운 미녀 시나코를 만난다. 그녀와의 만남이 몇 차례 반복될수록 꿈과 현실 사이의 구분이 점점 모호해진다. 이즈미 교카의 동명 소설을 원작으로 한 ‘다이쇼 로망스’ 3부작 중 두 번째 작품이다.

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?

아키라(明)는 죽은 어머니가 흥얼거리던 노래의 가사를 찾아 여행하고 있다. 소년은 교장이나 승려를 찾아가 가르침을 청하기도 한다. 소년이 여행 중에 생각하는 것은 죽은 어머니에 대한 일뿐이었다. 소년의 집 뒤편에 있는 토담 창고에는 지요조(千代女)라는 미친 여자가 살고 있는데, 소년이 그녀 가까이 가면 어머니가 호되게 꾸짖곤 했다. 항간의 소문에 의하면, 그녀는 아버지가 좋아했던 식모라고 한다. 어머니는 그런 사실을 알고 화가 나, 그녀를 10년 동안이나 창고에 가두고 있다는 것이다. 어느 날 아키라는 공놀이를 하는 아름다운 소녀를 만나, 그녀를 뒤쫓아간다. 그러다가 한 저택에 들어서게 되는데, 그곳에서 요괴들이 공놀이를 하고 있다. 그 크고 작은 공들 중에는 어머니의 머리도 끼어 있다. 그리고 어느새 무대는 아키라의 장례식으로 변한다. 그것은 꿈이었다. 아키라는 다시 여행을 떠나는데……

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful geisha.

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

때는 메이지 시대, 노가쿠(能樂) 극단의 키타하치는 스스로가 재주가 뛰어나다 생각하여 오만한 행동을 일삼는다. 키타하치는 스승의 재주를 모욕하고, 스승은 그로 인해 우물에 몸을 던진다. 극단으로부터 파문당한 키타하치는 참회와 방랑의 세월을 보내던 중 운명의 여인을 만나게 된다. 그 여인은 바로 키타하치로 인해 자살한 스승의 딸이다.

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.

Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.

니혼바시 거리에 ‘이나바야’라는 게이샤 하우스가 들어선다. 이나바야의 주인인 오코와 최고의 미인 기요하는 남자들의 선망의 대상이다. 매춘부인 누나를 찾던 가츠라기는 우연히 누나를 닮은 기요하를 만나 사랑에 빠지지만 기요하는 이를 거절한다. 그런데 낙담한 가츠라기는 우연히 오코를 만나 다시 반하고 만다. 이즈미 교카의 원작을 각색한 작품.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

야심만만한 젊은 노(能) 배우 기타하치는 여행 도중 유명한 배우인 소잔에 대한 이야기를 듣는다. 소잔에 대한 궁금증이 생긴 기타하치는 직접 그를 만나지만 그에게 큰 모욕을 주고 만다. 이 일로 기타하치는 스승이자 양아버지인 겐자부로와 사이가 나빠지고, 그로부터 2년이 지난 뒤 소잔의 딸에 대한 안타까운 소식을 듣는다.

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino...

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.

고아 출신 운전사인 무라코시 킨야와 사랑에 빠진 시라이토는 그를 법대에 보낸다. 그러나 운명의 장난은 이들을 살인 용의자로 법정에 세우는데...