No Blood Relation
| No Blood Relation | |
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.jpg) Jōji Oka and Yoshiko Okada | |
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 生さぬ仲 |
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
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| Cinematography | Suketaro Inokai |
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 79 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
No Blood Relation (生さぬ仲, Nasanu naka) is a 1932 Japanese silent drama film directed by Mikio Naruse, based on a novel by Shunyo Yanagawa.[1][2][3] It is the first surviving feature-length film by the director.
Plot
[edit | edit source]After five years overseas, star actress Tamae returns to Japan to reunite with her daughter Shigeko, whom she left behind with her then husband Atsumi in favour of her career. In her absence, Atsumi has married again, and the bond between Shigeko and her stepmother Masako has grown as strong as between a blood-related child and mother. When Atsumi's company goes bankrupt and his family is forced to move to lower-class surroundings, Tamae sees her chance to lure Shigeko away, but eventually has to accept that her wealth can't compensate for Shigeko's and Masako's mutual love.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Yoshiko Okada as Tamae Kiyooka
- Shin'yō Nara as Shunsaku Atsumi
- Yukiko Tsukuba as Masako, Atsumi's wife
- Toshiko Kojima as Shigeko, Atsumi's daughter
- Fumiko Katsuragi as Kishiyo, Atsumi's mother
- Jōji Oka as Masaya Kusakabe
- Ichirō Yūki as Keiji Makino
- Shozaburo Abe as "Gen the Pelican"
- Kōji Mitsui as sake delivery cyclist (uncredited)
Analysis
[edit | edit source]Naruse biographer Catherine Russell linked No Blood Relation to other Naruse films of the same era like Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts, Wife! Be Like a Rose! and The Girl in the Rumor, by using the popular but controversial figure of the moga (modern Japanese girl with Western values and Western fashion style), who contrasted with another woman or sister.[4]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]No Blood Relation was screened at the Cinémathèque Française in 2006[5] and at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 in its "Retrospektive" program.[6]
References
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External links
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