HAPPINESS OF US ALONE


Title   Cast   Director   Year Shown  Other Info    Country  Notes 


Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku

Japan, 1961, 130 min

Shown in 1961

CREDITS

dir
Zenzo Matsuyama
prod
Sanezumi Fujimoto, Kenichiro Tsunoda
scr
Zenzo Matsuyama
cam
Masao Tamai
editor
Chikage Hirose
mus
Hikaru Hayashi
cast
Hideko Takamine, Keiju Kobayashi, Mitsuko Kusabue, Izumi Hara, Yuzo Kayama, Michiko Araki, Masaya Takahashi, Yoishi Numata

OTHER

source
Toho Films
gga award
Best Actress, Hideko Takamine: Feature Length Films

COMMENTS

Hideko Takamine in person.

The silent world of the deaf-mute is delicately probed by director Zenzo Matsuyama in Japan's entry, Happiness of Us Alone. The protagonists, in a wordless struggle against poverty and tragic events brought about by their deafness, are portrayed with delicacy and compassion by Hideko Takamine, Japan's leading actress today, and Keiju Kobayashi. This is Matsuyama's first directorial effort, but his creative artistry is already evident in the molding of the son's attitude of embarrassment towards his mute parents and particularly in the handling of a most unusual and moving love scene.

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