Movielogr
Tales of Ginza (1955)
Directed by Yuzo Kawashima
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In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.
Length 117 minutes
Actors
Yumeji Tsukioka | Tatsuya Mihashi | Seizaburô Kawazu | Mie Kitahara | Shirô Ôsaka | Tôru Abe | Masumi Okada | Ken Hasebe | Ruriko Asaoka | Shinsuke Ashida | Asao Sano | Masao Oda | Hisaya Morishige | Fukuko Sayo | Hiroko Seki | Akiko Kikuno | Noriko Watanabe | Takiko Mizunoe | Zenji Yamada | Sachiko Soma | Shinzô Shibata | Reiko Kuba | Nobuo Kawakami | Kazuo Kinugasa | Keisuke Yukioka | Shôki Fukae
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
A morality tale and a story of unrequited love wrapped in a pseudo-travelogue of the evolving Ginza area of Tokyo, post-war. The moral portion is simplistic and one-dimensional, which provided for an interesting juxtaposition opposite the love story it’s wrapped within.
It was really fascinating to see a part of Tokyo as it existed in the mid-1950s. From the photos I’ve seen, Ginza is a mainly a shopping area now. I loved the wide boulevards, canals and streetcars. Too bad cities don’t look like that anymore.
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