A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.

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Cast

Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine As: Fumiko Hayashi
Akira Takarada Akira Takarada As: Fukuya
Daisuke Katō Daisuke Katō As: Nobuo Sadaoka
Keiju Kobayashi Keiju Kobayashi As: Fujiyama
Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka As: Kishi, Fumiko's mother
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Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.


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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 29 September 1962

Country: JP

Runtime: 124m

Company Credits

Company: Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.

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Cast

Directed By

Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse

Director

Masazumi Kawanishi

Masazumi Kawanishi

Assistant Director

Mitsuyoshi Tsujimura

Mitsuyoshi Tsujimura

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Toshirō Ide

Toshirō Ide

Screenplay

Sumie Tanaka

Sumie Tanaka

Screenplay

Fumiko Hayashi

Fumiko Hayashi

Author

Kazuo Kikuta

Kazuo Kikuta

Theatre Play

Production Crew

Edited By

Eiji Ooi

Eiji Ooi

Editor

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Hisashi Shimonaga

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Effects Editor

Yūji Koseki

Yūji Koseki

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Jun Yasumoto

Jun Yasumoto

Director of Photography

Lighting

Art Department

Satoru Chûko

Satoru Chûko

Production Design

Other Crew

Kôichi Nakagawa

Kôichi Nakagawa

Sound Recordist

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