Tokyo Elegy
1951, Japanese. Directed by Shigeo Tanaka.
In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged promises of marriage. Ryuji was deployed shortly thereafter, and after the war ended, he was taken to Siberia as a prisoner of war. Atsuko, who had returned to Tokyo, clung to the promise she had made with Ryuji—that if he were safe, he would “come to the garden of St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day.” Relying on that promise, she went to St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day in both 1946 and 1947, but Ryuji never appeared.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 28 September 1951
- Original title
- 東京悲歌
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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Tokyo Elegy runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Who directed Tokyo Elegy?
Tokyo Elegy (1951) was directed by Shigeo Tanaka and stars Jun Usami, Masayuki Mori, Akiko Sawamura.