is a 1988 Japanese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Yoshishige Yoshida
, also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he studied French literature, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and worked as an assistant ...
, based on
the 1847 novel by
Emily Brontë. It was entered into the
1988 Cannes Film Festival
The 41st Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1988. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Pelle erobreren'' by Bille August.
The festival opened with '' Le Grand Bleu'', directed by Luc Besson and closed with ''Willow'', directed by Ron How ...
.
Plot
The film retells the events of Emily Bronte's tale of vengeance and obsessive love, set in medieval Japan.
[*] Each character acts as the original novel's equivalent. For example, the protagonists of Bronte's novel, Heathcliff and Catherine, are Onimaru and Kinu in this film
Cast
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Yūsaku Matsuda
was a Japanese actor. In Japan, he was best known for roles in action films and a variety of television series in the 1970s as well as a switch to a wider range of roles in the 1980s. His final film appearance was as the villain Sato in Ridley ...
as Onimaru
*
Yūko Tanaka
is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She has won several acting awards during a long career working in both film and television, after she graduated from Meiji University.
Life and career
Early career
At the beginning of her ...
as Kinu Yamabe
*
Rentarō Mikuni
(also sometimes credited as 三国連太郎) (January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for ...
as Takamaru
*
Tatsuo Nadaka
Tatsuo (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese engineer
* Tatsuo Fukuda (福田達夫, born 1967), Japanese politician
*, Japanese sw ...
as Mitsuhiko
*
Eri Ishida
is a Japanese people, Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Chōchin (film), Chōchin'' and at the 13th Hochi Film Award for ''A Chaos of Flowers'', ''Hope and Pain'' and ''Wutheri ...
as Tae
*
Nagare Hagiwara
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor and TV personality.
Death
On 22 April 2015, two weeks after his 62nd birthday, Hagiwara died in a road accident in Suginami, Tokyo, while riding his motorbike.
Filmography Cinema
* ''Fall ...
as Hidemaru
*
Keiko Ito Keiko may refer to:
*Keiko (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
*Emperor Keiko
*Keiko (orca), a performing killer whale best known for the film ''Free Willy''
** "Keiko" (song), a single by Lucerito dedicated to Keiko the orca
*Keiko (music ...
as Shino
*
Masato Furuoya
was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for '' Disciples of Hippocrates'' and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Uchū no hōsoku''. He committed suicide on M ...
as Yoshimaru
*
Tomoko Takabe as Kinu, daughter
*
Masao Imafuku
Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌夫, 昌男, 昌朗, 昌郎, 昌大, 政雄, 政夫, 政男, 政於, 征夫, 優夫, 聖雄, 利生, 将雄, 将夫 or 眞男) is a masculine ...
as Ichi
*
Shin Ueda as Suka
*
Taro Shigaki
References
External links
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1988 films
1988 drama films
Japanese drama films
1980s Japanese-language films
Films directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Films based on Wuthering Heights
1980s Japanese films
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