Das Lied der Laterne
/
La Chanson de la lanterne
/
歌行燈
director:
Mikio Naruse
playwright:
Mantarō Kubota
actor:
Shōtarō Hanayagi
/
Eijirō Yanagi
/
Ichijirō Oya
/
Kan Ishii
/
Isuzu Yamada
…
genre:
Drama
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 33m
release date: 1943-02-11
IMDb: tt0036484
歌行燈
overview
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence. Naruse employed a delicately structured mise-en-scene in this family melodrama, which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg.