Tsuki wa noborinu

The Moon Has Risen

La luna se levanta

1955 102 min. Japan Kinuyo Tanaka

Déjà Vu

Director
Kinuyo Tanaka

Screenplay
Ryosuke Saito, Yasujiro Ozu

Cinematography
Shigeyoshi Mine

Editing
Mitsuo Kondo

Music
Takanobu Saito

Sound
Masakazu Kamiya

Producer
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto, Eisei Koi

Production
Nikkatsu Corporation [JP]

Cast
Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Hisako Yamane, Yoko Sugi, Mie Kitahara, Ko Mishima

Synopsis
Mokichi Asai is a widower father who lives with his three daughters in Nara. Chizuru, the eldest who has become a widow too; Ayako, the middle one, who is not interested in leaving home; and Setsuko the youngest one. Setsuko, and her friend Shoji, an attractive family lodger, instigate a romance between the shy middle sister and an older friend of his.

Format
DCP, B&N

World Sales-Distribution
Nikkatsu Corporation

Filmography
Kinuyo Tanaka
JAPAN (1909 – 1977)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1962 OGIN-SAMA / LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX
1961 ONNA BAKARI NO YORU / GIRLS OF THE NIGHT
1960 RUTEN NO OHI / THE WANDERING PRINCESS
1955 TSUKI WA NOBORINU / THE MOON HAS RISEN
1953 KOIBUMI / LOVE LETTER

Festivals
Cannes, Tokyo

Notes
Restored Print
Nikkatsu Corporation, The Japan Foundation

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