Fusa
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[edit] Profile
- Movie: Fusa
- Romaji: Fusa
- Japanese: その木戸を通って
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- Writer: Kon Ichikawa, Tsutomu Nakamura, Shugoro Yamamoto
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Takeo Akiba
- Release Date: 1993 (Aired on Fuji TV) / November 8, 2008 (Japan - Theatrically)
- Runtime: 93 min.
- Studio: Fuji TV
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
[edit] Plot
Set in the 16th century, an ambitious young samurai is adopted into a noble household, thereby attaining the necessary status to marry the daughter of the castle warden. Plans for the marriage are jeopardized, however, when a beautiful young woman, claiming to have lost her memory, appears. The enamored samurai marries her instead, but lives in constant fear that she will recover her memory.
[edit] Notes
Originally "Fusa" was aired on Fuji TV and then at the Venice and Rotterdam film festivals in 1993, but never released theatrically. After director Kon Ichikawa passed away February, 2008, "Fusa" was released theatrically in Japan on November 8, 2008.
[edit] Cast
- Yuko Asano - Fusa
- Hisashi Igawa - Yoshizuka
- Koji Ishizaka - Kageyu Iwai
- Kyoko Kishida - Mura
- Shigeru Koyama - Kajima
- Kiichi Nakai - Seishiro Hiramatsu
- Frankie Sakai - Gonemon Tahara
