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Carmen from Kawachi (1966)

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Drama

Overview

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Yumiko Nogawa | Kôji Wada | Tamio Kawachi | Chikako Miyagi | Ruriko Itô | Kayo Matsuo | Yûko Kusunoki | Keisuke Noro | Hiroshi Chô | Etsuko Wada | Yôko Yokota | Hajime Sugiyama | Takashi Koshiba | Hiroshi Takao | Shirô Yanase | Hiromi Katô | Midori Mori | Yasue Nishihara | Yôko Naka | Megumi Wakaba | Makiko Fukamachi | Asao Sano | Zenpei Saga | Michio Hino | Masakazu Kuwayama | Kenji Shimamura

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/23/2016Movie ScreenFilmTheater8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Wow really blown away this movie. Terribly sad it isn’t available as a home video release (with Eng subs). Yumiko Nogawa is force. She has so much energy her to make a seemingly dry story about a poor girl going to big city so full of life. I could easily revisit this every year.

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